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See also: India, in the See also: state of See also: Gwalior, on the right See also: bank of the See also: river Sipra, with a station on the branch of the See also: Rajputana railway from See also: Ratlam to See also: Bhopal
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Pop
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(1901) 39,892
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See also: Ujjain, known as Avanti in the Buddhist See also: period and as Ozene to the Greeks, is one of the seven sacred cities of the See also: Hindus and the traditional capital of See also: King Vikra• maditya, at whose
See also: court the " nine gems " of Sanskirt literature are said to have flourished
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It marks the first meridian of longitude in See also: Hindu geography
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It is heard of first as the residence of See also: Asoka (afterwards emperor), when See also: viceroy of, the western provinces
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It was sacked by the Mahommedans in 1235
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Under See also: Akbar it became the capital of See also: Malwa, and during the last See also: half of the 18th century it was the headquarters of Sindhia
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It contains few old buildings, though See also: relics of antiquity are often found on the abandoned site of the old city
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It is now a centre of the See also: trade in Malwa opium, with a wealthy colony of Bohra merchants
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The See also: principal institutions are the 'Madhava See also: College (called after the See also: present Maharaja), two state hospitals, and a dispensary belonging to the See also: Canadian Presbyterian See also: mission
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A See also: great religious festival is held here every twelfth See also: year
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