Vidisha
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Image: Vidisha District JPG Vidisha districtVidisha is a major city located in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is situated in the north-east part of Malwa's fertile plateau region and is connected to the main plateau in the west. From historical and archaeological perspective, this region can be considered as the most important region of Central India. Two miles north of the town, at this time there is a small village named Besnagar, ancient Vidisha has settled. This town was inhabited at the confluence of the first two rivers, which are moving towards the south in time. In these ancient rivers, the name of a small river is Vais. It is also known as the river Vidisha.
Shri Kailash Satyarthi, born in Vidisha, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.
Naming
The ancient city Vidisha and its adjoining area have been attributed to its geographical specialty together as Dhanan or Dhanna (ten kg) area. This name is sixth century AD P.O. Is coming from The memory of this name is still the residual in the name of the Dhanan river, the assistant river of Betwa. Some scholars consider its river nomination (Dausan) due to the river, which flows in the face of ten small rivers. Where Vishasha's name is found in ancient Sanskrit-literature, Vadis, Vector or Vedas, whereas in Pali texts it has been called Vasanagar, Vasanagar, Vaishnagar or Vishnagar. Some scholars believe that this city was named Vidisha due to various directions being known as the route from here.
"Unless the direction is different then it is Vidisha."
It is discussed in the Puranas as Bhadravati or Bhadravatiapuram. In Jain texts, it gets its name Bhuddalpur or Bhadilpur. At the time of the medieval era, the name of the name of the Sun (Bhalaswamini) became a bhuli swaminar, bhelsani or naibsa. Due to some misunderstanding in the order of reading, in the 11th century Alburani has called it "Mahavalistan". In the 17th century, it was named Alamgirpur during the rule of Aurangzeb, until 1947, in the Government Records. "Pargate alamgirpur" was being written. But in the British period, people like Bhelswami or Bhilsa are popular. Later, in 1952 AD, the then former President Dr. Rajendra Prasad declared the then-old name of this place as a Vidisha on the mass grave. History Main article: History of Vidisha
Vidisha is one of the major ancient cities of India. Which is known as the prosperous center of Hindu and Jainism. Many ruined buildings, which are scattered in the doldrums, show that this area is the richest area of Madhya Pradesh, from historical and archaeological point of view. Many buildings of religious importance were either destroyed or converted to a mosque by Muslim invaders. After Mahishmati (Maheshwar) Vidisha is considered to be the oldest city in this region. After the demise of the city of Mahishmati, Vidisha got the privilege of becoming the capital of Eastern Malwa. It has been discussed many times in Vedic literature. History has left its mark for many generations. Today, the whole Vidisha-Mandal is filled with historic and scenic ancient monuments of tourists and visitors' interest. Vidisha in the Mahabharata, Ramayana
The first mention of this city comes in Mahabharata. A tradition of this Puran is found in Ramayana, according to which Ramchandra handed it over to Shatrughan. Shatrughan's two sons were born, which included the small subahu. He had appointed it ruler of Vidisha. In a short span of time the city grew up due to its favorable conditions. Its place in Indian narrative, stories and history is of a different kind. The natural shade of this city has inspired poets and writers. Some foreigners also came there and impressed with its features. From the description of certain Buddhist texts, it seems that the city has probably been associated with Ashoka's life at some time. According to these cities, there was a wealthy Seth named Dev, who had a beautiful daughter named Dev. During his father's life Ashok Ujjayini was appointed governor. While leaving this town from Pataliputra, he stayed in Vidisha and was impressed with the nature and nature of God and married him. This queen produced an obedient son named Mahendra and an obedient daughter named Sanghamitra. Both were his ultimate devotees and he proved to be very helpful in his life. Sanghamitra has been called Mahadevi of Vidisha in Buddhist texts. Meghdoot in Kalidas
This city is described by Kalidas in his famous book Meghdoot. According to another, here was the capital of the country. The migrant yaksha tells his messenger the cloud- Hey friend! Listen! When you reach the land you see, you will find such flowers that will look bright due to swollen grasses. The temples of the village will be filled with birds nests. The forest will be loaded with black bananas and swans will also settle there for a few days. Hey friend When you reach Vidisha, the capital of this country of origin, you will find all the luxuries there. You will drink sweet water after roaming on the banks of the Vetravati (Betwa), with pleasant and pleasant dancing waves, and you will feel as if you are drinking the juice of the lips of a broken eyebrows. To reach out there, you can get down on the hill called 'Nich'. Seeing the trees of Kadamb, blossomed over there, it will be known that as the reason for meeting you, his romance will be raised. From the cave of the hill, the smell of the aromatic substances should be coming out, which are used in rituals with ritual prostitutes there. This will also tell you how much freedom of citizens enjoy the youth. From this description of Kalidas, it seems that he had lived in this city and that was why he was familiar with the social life of the principal places and migrants. In the Malvikagnimitrum
The political significance of this town increased during the Shungas. There was also a second capital set up for the maintenance of western parts of the empire. There Shung-prince Agnimitra lived as the representative of the emperor (Viceroy). This is the same Agnimitra, who is the protagonist of Kalidas's play called 'Malavikagnimatram'. In this text, he is said to be a resident of Vidisha. His son Vasumitra was sent on the banks of the Indus river to fight the Yawans. Goddess Dharini, who was the chief guest of Agnimitra, was in Vidisha only. He is shown very distraught to protect his son in 'Malavikagnimaam'. After the Shungas, the Nag King began to reign in Vidisha. This Nag-branch is mentioned in the Puranas. Ganapati Nang was born in this lineage, whose name is mentioned in Prayag-Prashati of Samudragupta. He looks great. The city of Mathura was also included in its state. From there its coins have been found. Some people estimate that while Samudragupta was doing Digvijay in northern India, the new kings of that time made a faction against him, whose hero was Ganapatinag. Whether such a group was really created or not, we can not be certain about this. But it is very clear that the name of Ganapatinag was taken with great respect in the Rajmandal of that time. Through the writings of Bharhat, it seems that the residents of Vidisha were very big donors. According to a record there, there was a citizen named Revitimitra. His Bharya Chanda Devi constructed a pillar over there. Other articles of Bharhat include the names of some of the citizens of Vidisha who had either built a monument or donated some kind of donation to the monks of the monasteries there. Among them were the locals, Aryama, a woman and Bharatya Vashikhi of Venimitri were prominent. The importance of this city in the field of art was not less, according to a foreign great man named Periplus, there were elephants and teeth made of North Cottage. According to Buddhist texts there was a huge demand for swords of sharp edges made there. There is an eagle pillar made of Shunjal in this place, it is known that there was special propaganda of Vaishnavism. There is an article on this column that according to Takshshila, Greek Vidisha came from Heliodorus. He was a Vaishnava mind, and this pillar was constructed by him. This article is very important in terms of cultural * vision. It is an indication that foreigners also adopted Indian religion and culture. There will be more people coming from Vidisha in the same way. People will have built monuments for their spiritual benefit in this Dharma Kendra. Vidisha has been called a pilgrimage in Skanda Purana. Vidisha built by Heliodores is a good example of the above-mentioned eagle-pillar. He was originally made on the model of the columns of Ashoka. But there are also some fundamental features in it. Its lowest part is of eight corners. In the same way, the central part is sixteen cubits and the upper part is thirty-two corners. This feature does not show us in the pillars of Ashoka. It seems that the artists of Vidisha were accomplished and their talent was fundamental. Geography and Climate Main article: Climate of Vidisha
Its geographical location was very important. Being Kaushambi from Pataliputra, the trade route that led to Ujjayini (modern Ujjain) passed through Vidisha. It was situated on the bank of Vetravati river, which is identified with the modern Betwa river. The adjacent river of Bethva is residual in the name of the river Masan. Some scholars consider it to be named because of the river Darshan, which flowed in the form of ten small rivers. The climate of this region is extremely healthy. The area around the cancer line does not get much cold, nor more heat. The rain is generally 40 inches. According to a legend, there is a lame transplanting lanyard. Therefore, mercy is upon them, and large clouds are burnt down here. Never dry here. A series of Vindhya Mountains ranges from east to west, near Vidisha. These categories are neither high nor long. Forest estate Main article: Forest estate of Vidisha
There is a fertile agricultural land for hundreds of miles around Vindhya Mountains, which is considered very fertile. The fertile black soil surface found here is somewhere 30-40 feet deep. Here the production of wheat and gram is especially, but paddy, cotton and millet are not grown at all. Scenic Spots Main article: Places of interest of Vidisha
Being a historical city, ancient buildings and architecture of Vidisha are visible. In addition to this, places of natural place and religious significance are also worth seeing here. Small towns near Vidisha have their important historical heritage. So it is interesting to see them interested in history. Lohangi Girishreni is situated near the central railway station of Vidisha Nagar in natural areas, from which the chains of Raisen fort, the hills of Sanchi, the areas of Udaygiri, the Vaitravati river and the trees on their edges look very beautiful. In Chaitanya, the ascetic and ascetic of Shivayan are visible. In the historic buildings, the fort of Vidisha and Vijay Mandir, Vidisha is interesting for tourists. It is inhabited by many small town of Vidisha, which has many historical and archaeological significance, which attracts tourists. Among these, Besnagar, which is called Vesgar in Pali Buddhist texts, Bhadilpur, which is the birthplace of God Shitalnath, the tenth shrine of the Jains, the caves of Udayagiri, which are 4th-5th century old, become the center of tourist attraction. Many buildings and historic events related to them include the land of Sironj, Nandwanshi Ahir Thakurs, the symbol of Swarnakkal of the Parmaravanshi king Udayayapati, situated in the foothills of Ghiyaspur, historical town Shamshed, a temple known for Buddhist stupas, dyeing-printing Ganashera famous for its work, Basauda, near the idyllic lake, and the famous Makkheda Vidisha district famous for the Satkhani mansion Areas are important tourist destination.
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