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Asirgarh Fort is a roughly 60-acre, three-part fortress (Asirgarh, Kamargarh and Malaygarh) in the Satpura Range about 20-27 km north of Burhanpur, Madhya…
A pillared hall at Dhar, begun under the 11th-century Paramara king Raja Bhoja as a centre of Sanskrit learning, and large enough that historians put the…
Chanderi Fort looks down on a medieval town famous for its gossamer handloom sarees.
Gwalior Fort is a hill fort in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, built on a plateau rising about 342 feet, enclosing roughly 3 square kilometres.
A Greek ambassador put up this column around 113 BCE: Heliodorus, sent by the Indo-Greek king Antialcidas of Taxila to the ruler Bhagabhadra, who had a Brahmi…
Khajuraho is famed for its UNESCO World Heritage group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples, known for their intricate and sensuous stone carvings.
Madan Mahal is a hilltop fort structure a few kilometres from Jabalpur city centre, Madhya Pradesh, at roughly 500 m elevation, associated with the Gond…
Mandu (Mandavgad) is a fortified hilltop town in Dhar District, Madhya Pradesh, perched at about 633 metres on the Vindhya Range, enclosed by a battlemented…
Orchha Fort complex sits on the banks of the Betwa River in Niwari District, Madhya Pradesh, founded by the Bundela Rajput ruler Rudra Pratap Singh; it…
Raisen Fort is a hilltop fort in Raisen town, Madhya Pradesh, built on a sandstone hill more than 1,500 feet high and spread over roughly ten square…
Sanchi is home to the oldest stone structures in India — a group of Buddhist stupas, monasteries and pillars commissioned by Emperor Ashoka.
Bhopal's war memorial covers about 12 acres on Arera Hills, near M.P. Nagar and the Secretariat, and it reads more like a park than a monument.
Twenty caves are cut into a hillside near Vidisha, and one relief alone justifies the stop: Vishnu as Varaha the man-boar, lifting the earth from the water…
Ujjain, one of Hinduism's seven sacred Sapta Puri cities, is home to the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga, famed for its unique Bhasma Aarti performed with sacred…
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