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ujjain .nic .in. Ujjain district is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The historic city of Ujjain is the district headquarters. The district has an area of 6,091 km 2, and a population of 19,86,864 (2011 census), a 16.12% increase from its 2001 population of 17,10,982.
ujjain.nic.in. Ujjain (/ uːˈdʒeɪn / ⓘ, Hindi: [ʊd͡ːʒɛːn], old name Avantika,[ 4 ]Hindi: [əʋən̪t̪ɪkaː]) or Ujjayinī is a city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth-largest city in Madhya Pradesh by population and is the administrative centre of Ujjain district and Ujjain division. [ 3 ]
Mahinda (Buddhist monk) Mahinda (Sinhala: මිහිඳු මහරහතන් වහන්සේ) (285 BCE – 205 BCE) was an Indian Buddhist monk depicted in Buddhist sources as bringing Buddhism to Sri Lanka. [1] He was a Mauryan prince and the first-born son of Emperor Ashoka from his first wife and Empress Devi, and the older brother ...
At present, the town is a tehsil place of Ujjain district. Several chalcolithic remains have been excavated in this town. The Battle of Mahidpur between the Marathas and the British was also fought in this location. The former Commander-in Chief of India, Sir Claud William Jacob was born here in 1863.
Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga (IPA: [mahākāleśvara]) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, shrines which are said to be the most sacred abodes of Shiva. It is located in the ancient city of Ujjain in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The temple is situated on the side of the holy river Shipra.
Tarana (Madhya Pradesh) Categories: Ujjain district. Cities and towns in Madhya Pradesh. Cities and towns in India by district.
Cities and towns in Ujjain district (1 C, 6 P) P. People from Ujjain district (1 C, 8 P) R. Railway stations in Ujjain district (1 C, 17 P) V.
187–180 BCE. v. t. e. Bindusara (320 BCE – 273 BCE) (r. c. 297 – c. 273 BCE) was the second Mauryan emperor of Magadha in Ancient India. The ancient Greco-Roman writers called him Amitrochates, a name likely derived from his Sanskrit title Amitraghāta ("slayer of enemies"). Bindusara was the son of the dynasty's founder Chandragupta and ...