Maheshwar

Maheshwar
Ahilya Fort at Maheshwar
Ahilya Fort at Maheshwar
Maheshwar is located in Madhya Pradesh
Maheshwar
Maheshwar
Coordinates: 22°07′N 75°21′E / 22.11°N 75.35°E / 22.11; 75.35
Country India
StateMadhya Pradesh
DistrictKhargone
Elevation
154 m (505 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total24,000
Languages Sanskrit
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
451224
Telephone code07283
Vehicle registrationMP-10
Websitewww.khargone.nic.in

Maheshwar is a town, near Khargone city in Khargone district of Madhya Pradesh state, in central India. It is located on State Highway-38 (Khargone city-Barwaha- Bandheri Highway),13.5 km east of National Highway 3 (Agra-Mumbai highway) and 91 km from Indore, the commercial capital of the state. The Town lies on the north bank of the Narmada River. It was the kingdom of Chaktavartin Samrat Sahastraarjun, Kartavirya Arjuna a Heheya king. Lately, after many years, it was the capital of the Malwa during the Maratha Holkar reign till 6 January 1818, when the capital was shifted to Indore by Malhar Rao Holkar III.