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See also:UJJAIN, or UJAIN , a See also:city of central 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 See also:branch of the See also:Rajputana railway from See also:Ratlam to See also:Bhopal. Pop. (1901) 39,892. 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 See also:capital of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King Vikra• maditya, at whose See also:court the " nine gems " of Sanskirt literature are said to have flourished. It marks the first See also:meridian of See also:longitude in See also:Hindu See also:geography. It is heard of first as the See also:residence of See also:Asoka (afterwards See also:emperor), when See also:viceroy of, the western provinces. It was sacked by the Mahommedans in 1235. Under See also:Akbar it became the capital of See also:Malwa, and during the last See also:half of the 18th See also:century it was the headquarters of Sindhia. It contains few old buildings, though See also:relics of antiquity are often found on the abandoned site of the old city. It is now a centre of the See also:trade in Malwa See also:opium, with a wealthy See also:colony of Bohra merchants. 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. A See also:great religious festival is held here every twelfth See also:year.
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