Composed largely of plateaus, Madhya Pradesh is the ‘Heart of Incredible India’ packed to its borders with unique natural and cultural assets. Home to the Kanha forests that inspired Rudyard Kipling, its sal and bamboo woodlands, rolling grasslands, meandering rivers and thick forests offer an abode to diverse wildlife like tigers, chinkaras, chitals, Indian gazelles, leopards, jackals, jungle cats and crocodiles. Remarkably, the Kanha forests present the solitary habitat of the rare hardground barasingha. The state is also considered to be the heritage heartland of India. Madhya Pradesh’s innumerable monuments, exquisitely-carved temples, mosques, forts and palaces will leave undoubtedly visitors wondering about past empires, its great warriors and builders, poets and musicians, saints and philosophers.