Dhar

Dhar, a town of Central India, lying at an elevation of 1908 feet above the sea, 33 miles W. of Mohov. It has over 15,000 inhabitants, and preserves, in two large mosques of red stone and a fort defended by a high rampart and twenty-six towers, traces of bygone magnificence. It is the capital of a protected state of the same name, with an area of 1740 sq. m., and 169,474 inhabitants.