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Madurai

Madurai is located on the banks of the River Vaigai in the southern part of Tamil Nadu.This city used to be the capital of the Pandey kingdom in ancient times.Madurai was a famous center of poets in the Sangam era.In ancient accounts it is mentioned as the commercial center of the Mediterranean in the south. To encourage trade with the Roman Empire, the Pandey ruler had sent a milk circle to the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus, in 1311 AD, Alauddin Khilji invaded Madurai and brought a large amount of strategic and economic importance to Delhi from here. Ka Meenakshi Temple is famous for its beauty and architectural art.

Mandu

It is a city in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh, whose ancient name is Mandap Durg and Mandalgarh, Hoshang Shah, the ruler of Malwa, made Mandu the capital in place of Dhar. In 15 to 31 AD, the ruler of Gujarat Bahadur Shah conquered it under the rule of Akbar. The ruler of this place was Baz Bahadur. The Mandu Durg houses the Jama Masjid, Hindola Mahal, the tomb of Hoshang Shah, the palace of Jahan Mahal, Baz Bahadur and Rani Rupmati.

Pavapuri

Famous among the Mahajanapadas, the capital of the second part of the republic of Mal was Pavapuri. Pavapuri is currently located in Nalanda district of Bihar state. The Jain Tirthankar Mahavir Swami had given his first sermon in Pavpuri itself, while preaching the religion Mahavir Swami was built at Pavapuri in 469 BC in the age of 72 years.

Udanti puri

Udanti Puri, the center of primary education and the famous place of Buddhism, was located near Gaya in the state of Bihar. Udanti Puri was also known as Uddyatpur. The Pala rulers played an important role in the progress of Udanti Puri. There was a huge library here which contained books of Buddhist and Brahminical religion. In the middle of the eighth century, Gopal, the founder of the Pala dynasty in Bengal and Bihar, established a Mahavihara here.

Nagarjuna Konda

The ancient period Nagarjuna Konda is presently located in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. It was a very important city from religious and business point of view. The Satavahana ruler Hall had built a Buddhist Bihar here for the Buddhist scholar Nagarjuna. This Buddhism is the main center of the Mahayana branch, a large number of stupas, Chaitanya and Bihar as well as the city of Rome emperor has received its coins from here.

Murshidabad

Situated on the banks of the river Bhagirathi in West Bengal, the north central period history of Murshidabad is of special importance. Formerly thought its name as Makhsudabad, eating Murshid porter in it changed its name to Murshidabad and shifted the capital of Bengal from Dhaka to Murshidabad. Murshidabad remained the capital of Bengal until Calcutta was made its capital in 1773. Murshidabad is famous for the beautiful work of silk textiles, pottery and ivory.

Ropar

This Indus Civilization Bag is currently located on the banks of the Sutlej River in Punjab. The site was discovered in 1955 and 56 by Yajnadat Sharma. From here, two phases of Harappan civilization have been obtained from excavation, pottery, ax and more are obtained from excavation, from here human teeth have been buried during the night of burying dogs.

Warangal

It is a district of Andhra Pradesh which lies to the south of the Godavari River, in the 12th century it was the capital of the Kakatiya dynasty. Alauddin's commander Malik Kafur invaded Warangal, the capital of Kakatiya, and the ruler Pratap Rudra Dev made a gold statue of him and put a gold chain around his neck and sent it to Kapoor for surrender. On this occasion, Pratap Rudra Dev presented the world famous Kohinoor diamond to Malik Kapoor and merged it with the Delhi Sultanate in the time of Tughlaq rulers.