BHOPAL, CAPITAL OF MADHYPRADESH, IS THE IDEAL BASE FOR DISCOVRING THE RICH HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL LEGACY OF THE STATE. CLOSE TO THE CITY AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE BY ROAD AND RAIL ARE ANCIENT SITES OF GREAT DYNASTIES,FORTS,MONUMENTS,AND CAVE SCULPTURE, SOME OF THE FINEST EXAMPLE OF INDIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE, CHRONICLED IN STONE, OF THE STATE'S UNIQUE HERITAGE OF FINE ANTIQUES. WHAT TO SEE VIDISHA :: VIDISHA OR BESNAGAR AS IT IS CALLED IN THE PALI SCRIPTURE, ONCE THE PROSPERIOS CAPITAL OF THE WESTERN DOMINIONS OF THE SUNGAS,CONTAINS SOME REMARKABLE ANTIQUITIES THAT THROW LIGHT ON THE CONSIDERABLE ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERIOD. SITUATED IN THE FORK OF THE BETWA AND BES RIVERS ,VIDISHA,10 KM FROM SANCHI OCCUPIES AN IMPORTANT PLACE AMONGST THE ANCIENT CITIES IN INDIA. IN THE 6TH AND 5TH CENTURY BC,IT ROSE TO BECOME AN IMPORTANT TRADE CENTER AND BUSTLING CITY UNDER THE SUNGAS,NAGAS, SATVAHNS AND GUPTAS . THE EMPEROR ASHOKA WAS GOVERNOR OF VIDISHA AND