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Maheshwar is a town in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh state, in central India. The town lies on the north bank of the Narmada River, It is built on the site of the ancient city of Mahesvari, and was the capital of king Arjuna Kartavirya, who was mentioned in the Sanskrit epics Mahabharata and Ramayana.
In the late eighteenth century Maheshwar served as the capital of the Maratha Rani (queen) Ahalya Bai Holkar, ruler of the state of Indore. She embellished the city with many buildings and public works, and it is home to her palace, as well as numerous temples, a fort, and riverfront ghats, broad stone steps which step down to the river. The fort is home to a state archeological museum.
Maheshwar is noted as a center for weaving colorful cotton saris, with distinctive designs involving stripes, checks and floral borders.
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