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Rajkot has a rich heritage with its historical and cultural significance. The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) recognizes several categories of heritage and its Rajkot Chapter is identifying, documenting, bringing awareness and attempting to conserve Rajkot's indigenous heritage.

Heritage can be categorized as follows:
1. Built Heritage:
Architectural structures such as palaces, forts, temples, mosques, and historic houses.

2. Natural Heritage:
Ecologically significant areas, landscapes, and natural features, including biodiversity-rich regions.

3. Material Heritage:
Objects, artifacts, manuscripts, and documents that hold historical, artistic, or cultural value.

4. Living Heritage:
Traditions, rituals, crafts, performing arts, and other living practices passed down through generations.

5. Intangible Heritage:
Cultural expressions, oral traditions, languages, and other intangible aspects (heritage routes) that contribute to a community's identity.

6. Knowledge Heritage:
Libraries, educational institutions, and repositories of knowledge that are culturally significant.

7. Military Heritage:
Forts, memorials, and sites associated with military history and defense.

8. Cultural Landscapes:
Combined works of nature and humanity, reflecting a community's cultural identity through the interaction with the environment.

These categories provide a structured framework for understanding and preserving the diverse heritage of Rajkot and other regions.