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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Vidisha (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | The town is situated east of the Betwa River, in the fork of the Betwa and Bes rivers, 10 km from Sanchi. |
 | | The town of Besnagar, 3 km from present-day Vidisha on the west side of the river, became an important trade center in the sixth and fifth centuries BCE, under the Sungas, Nagas, Satavahanas, and Guptas, and was mentioned in the Pali scriptures. |
 | | The Betwa (Vetravati) is a river in Northern India, and a tributary of the Yamuna. |
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