Ujjain is one of the most prominent cities of the present state of Madhya Pradesh. The town is situated on the Right bank of the holy kshipra River. Ujjani is the modern name for ujjayini. Legend has it that in the Loary past, the god like king
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shiva of Avanti Comunarated his vi tory over the Demon - Ruler .,1 Tripura or Tripuri, on the banks Id the Narmada by changing the flaw., of his capital. Avantipura to ujjain Ujjain seems to have acquired int portance. By the 6th Century B.( Avanti with its capital at ujjaini, mentioned in buddhist litreature one of the four great powers along with vatsa, Kosta, Magadha.
The earliest known elm graphic record of the paramars, the paramara dynasty were born in the family of the Rastra kutas in the deccan. The early paramara cheifs Malwa, from the 9th to the 12th cen turies A.D., the paramars became so identified with ujjain that subsequent tradition has converted Vikra madityit in to a paramara. The last paramard ruler, Siladitya, was captured alive by the sultans of Mandu. and Ujjain passed into the hands of the muslims.
Emperor Akbar put an end to Baz Bahadur's Mandu, hegemony over Malwa and had a city wall constructed for the defence of Ujjain. The Nadi Darwaza, Kaliades Darwaza, Sati darwaza, Dewas Darwaza and Indore darwaza were the various entrances to the city. In 1658 A.D. took place a battle near Ujjain in which auran azed and murad defeated maha raj Jaswant singh of Jodhpur, who was fisgting on behalf of prince Dara. The actual scene of the battle is Dharmature, renamed fatehabad by Aurangzeb. after the victory the cenotaph of Raja Rattan singh of Ratlam, who fell in the battle still stands at the site.'6Auranzeb gave numerous Ofotitri to temples belying takes of
IsIhil religious bigtry, which are (4loutitynd to this day by the families al 1111, priests. In the region of Malvinlud Shah, Maharaja Sawai jai fifth was made the governor of Wiwi', a great scholar of astronemy ha hail the observatory at Ujjain re illiklitieted and built several tables.
At the beginning of the 17th
Ujjain and Malwa went 111111110 another period of seize and tuvordon at the hands of the Wm-ohs, in the region and modern IIlon came into being. Most of the wilules of ujjain were constructed lutintl this period.
Ujjain finally passed into the howl•; of the scindias in 1750 A.D. 41111 until 1810 A.D. When Pautat 11,10 !;cindia founded his new capital rl Gawalior, it was the chief town of Ilk dominious. Today, ujjain repretwo,. an interesting blend of an age tolunacy and the modern day life 4Iylit Ujjain one of the most revered Hull us in hindu belief, ujjain is the sauna) of the Kumbh Mala held evsiny year on the banks of the Shigra thou
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