Ujjain, a walled town of Central India, in Sindia's dominions, anciently the capital of Malwa, and one of the seven sacred cities of the Hindus, stands on the right bank of the Sipra, 30 miles N. of Indore. It is 6 miles in circumference, and contains a palace and exports opium. Pop. 34,691.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 360
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