04 Vidisha
MP Tour
Vidisha, site of ancient excavated sculputres, is 10kms north of Sanchi, was known as Besnagar in Emporer Ashoka's time and it was a large town in this area.
6th December 2005, at Noon
From Sanchi, I drove 10Kms North to Vidisha's Government Museum that houses many sculputres from 2nd Cent BC; all exacavated from ruins near here. Some are housed inside the building and some in the open gardens outside. Some pictures from that Museum are shown on this page.
Vidisha - Sculptres from 2nd Century Brahminical Shrines
Some stuff in the garden of Museum
Vidisha Museum of BC sculptures