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46 Kms from Bhopal, the tranquil hill of Sanchi contains
one of India's best preserved and most extensive Buddhist
sights. From the 3rd Century BC to the 12th Century AD, this
was a thriving Buddhist establishment of Stupas and
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Bhimbethka Caves |
| 45 Kms from Bhopal. The Upper Palaeolithic period rocks
paintings still adore the walls of the caves. |
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| Bhojpur |
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| 28 Kms from Bhopal city. Founded in the 11th Century by
Parmara King, who also established Bhopal, Bhojpur is
dominated by the monumental though incomplete, Bhojeshwar
Temple. Impressive sculptures cover parts of its unfinished
corbelled ceiling and its entrance doorway. |
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Ujjain |
| 188 Kms. On the banks of Shipra river, Ujjain is one of
India's seven scared cities and one of the four sights of
Kumbh Mela. In the 4-5th Centuries it was the second capital
of the Gupta Empire with celebrated Sanskrit poet Kalidasa
as one of its leading lights. Its glory was however eclipsed
in the 13th Century after it was sacked by the Delhi
Sultans. |
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| Indore |
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| 187 Kms. The busting commercial center of Madhya
Pradesh, Indore was a princely estate untill 1947 ruled by
the Marath Holkar Dynasty |
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