Located 40km from Dhar; 98km from Indore.

Situated at an altitude of 634m.

It extends for 13 km (8 miles) along the crest of the Vindhya
Range.

Mandu gained eminence only near the end of the 10th century
when the Paramaras formed an independent kingdom here.

Mandu is also famous for its special kind of tamarind known as Mandu ki Imli; the fruit looks like a papaya. It is a fruit of boabab tree.

Mandu is the city of love and delight; after all one of its most
famous legends is the love story of Baz Bahadur and Rani
Roopmati.

It was built by Afghans.