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162  CENTR AL INDIA

Introducing Central India
Yamunotri Gangotri
Some of India’s most visited destinations are in this vast and
varied region, which covers the flat Gangetic Plains, several Mussoorie Kedarnath Badrinath
Himalayan ranges, the sacred Narmada river and the Dehra Dun
verdant forests of the Central Indian heartland. These Rishikesh Pauri
include the Taj Mahal at Agra, the holy city of Varanasi, the Haridwar UTTARAKHAND Askot
exquisitely sculpted temples of Khajuraho, and the great Ranikhet
Buddhist sites of Sanchi and Bodh Gaya. Other attractions Muzaffarnagar Nainital
include the game sanctuaries of Kanha, Bandhavgarh and Meerut Tanakpur
Corbett, the medieval forts and palaces of Gwalior and Ghaziabad Rampur
Orchha, and the hill stations of Mussoorie, Nainital, Moradabad
Pachmarhi and Ranikhet, which are the base for many treks. Bulandshahr Bareilly Sarda
Budaun
Aligarh
Delhi Shahjahanpur
Sitapur Bahraich
Mathura
Sikandra UTTAR PRADESH
Fatepur Agra Gonda Rapti Gandak
Sikri Lucknow Basti Gorakhpur Motihari
Etawah Ganges
Morena Ayodhya Gopalganj Jogbani
Bhind Kanpur Darbhanga
Gwalior Kalpi Rae Gomati Muzaffarpur Purnia
Bareli
Sind Mau Vaishali B I H A R Saharsa
Sheopur Fatehpur Bela Jaunpur Ara Sonepur Katihar
Moth Ganges Munger
Banda Sarnath Patna
Shivpuri Mahoba Yamuna Varanasi
Jhansi Orchha Allahabad Bihar Sharif Bhagalpur
Bhilwara Chhatarpur Ken Chitrakoot Sasaram Gaya Nawada
Guna Chanderi Khajuraho Ajaigarh Aurangabad Bodh Gaya Deoghar
Lalitpur Satna
Rampura Gandhi Billi Son Dumka
Sagar Maihar Rewa Barhi
Mandsaur Betwa Bina Parasnath
Rajgarh Sagar Daltenganj Hazaribag
Jaora Alot Narsinghgarh Damoh Katni Son Govind Ballabh J H A R K H A N D Dhanbad
Pant Sagar
Agar Bandhavgarh Netarhat
MADHYA PRADESH National
Luxuriant forested hills of chir pine Ratlam Bhopal Sanchi Park Shahdol Chota Nagpur Ranchi
in Uttarakhand Ahmedabad Ujjain Bhojpur Jabalpur Khamaria Plateau
Dewas Deori Ambikapur Gumla Jamshedpur
V i n d h y a R a n g e
Jhabua Indore Hoshangabad Narmada Kolkata
National a R a n g e
Mandu Narmada Pachmarhi Mandla Dharmjaygarh Chakradharpur Chaibasa
0 kilometres 160 Narmada Maheshwar Harda Khas Nainpur
Kanha
0 miles 80 Khandwa Chhindwara Seoni Park Kawardha Bilaspur Rourkela
S a t p u r a R a n g e Balaghat M a i k a l
Sendhwa Betul Raigarh
Mumbai Tapi Durg Raipur Saraipali
Burhanpur
CHHATTISGARH
Dhamtari
Dalli
Rajhara Kanker
Key
National highway Kondagaon
Major road
State border
Jagdalpur
International border Bhopalpatnam
Vishakhapatnam
Main railway
Hyderabad
Minor railway
Cenotaphs of the Orchha rulers, lying along the Betwa river Rajahmundry
India’s most iconic monument, the Taj Mahal, Agra
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