VIDESHA
Capital : Bhopal
Tourist Attractions : Bhopal, Sanchi, Gwalior, Khajuraho, Ujjain, Indore and Mundu
Best Time To Visit : October to March.
Just 10 kms from Sanchi is a place called Videsha. In
ancient times this place was called the Besnagar and was one of the
largest town in the area. It was from that the wife of Ashoka came who
later became the mother of Mahendra Mahendra became messenger of Buddhism
and went to Sri Lanka to preach Buddhism. Videsha was an important
township during Ashoka's time. In the period that followed Videsha was
destroyed three times. In Videsha one can go for the Heliodorus pillar,
Udaigiri caves. Heliodorus was a Greek ambassador of Taxila. To celebrate
his conversion into Hinduism a pillar was erected which is dedicated to
Lord Vishnu. This pillar is known as the Khamb Baba and is worshipped by
the local fisher men. The Udaigiri caves are cut into sand stone hills.
There are about 20 such caves shrines which were carved during the 320 to
606 AD. The caves have some exquisite carving of Vishnu. He is shown in
the boar incarnation in the 5th cave, Cave seven was used by Chandragupta
Maurya II for his personal work. There are some caves dedicated to the
Jains. 20th cave has Jain carvings. On the top of the hill are ruins of a
6th century Gupta temple.
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