Witness - Just the pillar!
Vidisha Vidisa – Meghaduta says that Vidisa modern Bhilsa the capital of Dasarna was situated on Vetravati, the modern Betwa river. A city mentioned in Raghuvamsa – Rama gave to the two sons of Satrughna, Satrughatin and Subahu, the cities of Madhura and Vidisa. In the Malavikagnimitra Agnimitra is shown as enjoying himself on the banks of the Vidisa river and later on Pushyamitra refers to his son Agnimitra as Vidisastha (i.e. Vaidisa would mean a city on the Vidisa). In the fourth volume of the History of Dharmasastra MM P.V. Kane has given a long list of Tirthas significant from the Hindu Dharmasastra point of view. That is from a volume which has details on Prayascitta, Tirthayatra etc., The BORI has brought out the ‘List of Tirthas’ as a separate volume for the benefit of students of Dharmashastra, history and geography of Bharata. Vidisha, 54 km from the state capital of Bhopal and about 10 km from the UNESCO world heritage site of Sanchi, continues to b...