Prabhavatigupta, the daughter of Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya), was married to the Vakataka ruler Rudrasena.

The empire stretched from the Arabian Sea in the west to the Bay of Bengal in the east, and from the Narmada River in the north to the Krishna-Godavari delta in the south.

Raja Bakht Buland Shah of Gond Dynasty, Raghuji of Bhonsale were the prominent rulers in the Medieval period.

In 1862, it was separated for convenient administrative purposes, and Kawatha near Pulgaon became the district headquarters.

[5] Urbanisation has helped develop neighboring villages including Sindi, Sawangi, Borgaon, Pipri, Mhasala, Nalwadi and Chitoda.

The population of Wardha city constitutes Hindus and Buddhists with a small percentage of Muslims, Christians, Jains and Sikhs.

Road), Digambar and Shwetambar Jain temples (Mahadeopura), Shanti Stupa (Gopuri), Gurudwara (Samtanagar) are important.

Former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' dream project Samruddhi Mahamarg or Nagpur-Mumbai Communication Super Expressway will also pass from the outskirts of the city.

Wardha railway station is an important rail junction on the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line.

The town is also connected to the southern part of the country through Sevagram railway station.

A new third and fourth line is under construction between Sewagram and Nagpur stations to cater to the heavy traffic.

The government has provided canals to irrigate during Rabi season when bengal gram (chickpea) becomes a popular choice to sow.

Many institutions are encouraging farmers to go natural or organic, but the lack of support systems either with the availability of techniques or the marketability of this produce is preventing the spread of this movement.

The Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya is an international lingual college in the city.

It has only walls made of granite slabs on which 18 chapters of Gitai (Shrimad-bhagwad-gita in Marathi) are inscribed.

[12] In 1936, at the age of 67, Gandhiji moved to a village (which he subsequently called Sewagram - Hindi for village of service) at the outskirts of Wardha and started to live here in a group of huts with his wife Kasturba and other disciples.

This slowly grew into an ashram, where Gandhi lived with his followers for the next twelve years, until his death.

Many personal items used by Gandhi and his contemporaries are preserved here including his spectacles, telephone, notebook, tables, mats, etc...[13] This ashram was established by Acharya Vinoba Bhave in 1934 at Pawnar on the bank of the river Dham with a spiritual purpose.

During the Bhonsle reign Pawnar was the Vidarbha Kingdom's most important military station.

The Kelzar Ganpati Mandir is about 26 km (16 mi) from Wardha on the Nagpur Road.

An ancient cave where Bakasura lived is at foot of the hill and his famous well is also nearby.

Sculptures relating to Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism have been found, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is not paying attention to this.

Some sculptures can be seen in this temple, on a nearby hillock, the gram panchayat office, the Buddha Vihar.

Dahegaonaa (Gosavi)[14] is 5 km away from Kelzar where Tuljapur railway station connects to Nagpur and Wardha.

The Shree sant kejaji Maharaj Mandir is about 17 km (11 mi) from Wardha on the Nagpur Road.

The Bor National Tiger Reserve and bird sanctuary are 16 km away from the temple.

From the twelfth century onwards, Saint Dnyaneshwar started the work of spiritual and social reform through Bhakti Marg.