The ancient city of central India, Ujjain is situated in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh on the eastern bank of the Kshipra river.
The city was initially known as Ujjayini as per the epic Mahabharata and was the capital of the Avanti Kingdom.
The city is said to be the residence of Ashoka, at the time when he was the viceroy of the western province of the Maurya Empire.
It was a major center of mathematical research in the 6th and 7th centuries. Brahmagupta, Varahmihira and Bhaskaracharya were the famous mathematicians who worked in the city.
The Ujjain was invaded and destroyed by the forces of the Delhi Sultanate led by Iltutmish in 1235. Under the Mughal emperor, Akbar, the city became the capital of Malwa.
At the beginning of the 17th century, Ujjain and the Malwa region went through another period of invasion at the hands of the Marathas, who gradually captured the entire region. Most of the temples of Ujjain were constructed during this period.
Ujjain finally passed into the hands of the Scindias in 1750, and until 1810, when Daulat Rao Scindia founded his new capital at Gwalior, it was the chief town of his dominions. Gwalior state became a princely state of the British Raj after the Maratha defeat in the Third Anglo-Maratha War, and Gwalior, Ujjain, and the neighboring princely states were made a part of the Central India Agency.The shifting of the capital to Gwalior led to a decline in the commercial importance of Ujjain. But the opening of the Ujjain-Ratlam-Godhra branch of the Bombay-Baroda railway line corrected the balance. A considerable volume of trade mainly with Bombay existed in cotton, grain and opium during British rule. Ujjain remained part of Gwalior state until Indian Independence in 1947.
After Indian independence, the Scindia ruler of Gwalior acceded to the Indian Union, and Ujjain became part of Madhya Bharat state.
The ancient city of central India, Ujjain is situated in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh on the eastern bank of the Kshipra river.
The city was initially known as Ujjayini as per the epic Mahabharata and was the capital of the Avanti Kingdom.
The city is said to be the residence of Ashoka, at the time when he was the viceroy of the western province of the Maurya Empire.
It was a major center of mathematical research in the 6th and 7th centuries. Brahmagupta, Varahmihira and Bhaskaracharya were the famous mathematicians who worked in the city.
The Ujjain was invaded and destroyed by the forces of the Delhi Sultanate led by Iltutmish in 1235. Under the Mughal emperor, Akbar, the city became the capital of Malwa.
At the beginning of the 17th century, Ujjain and the Malwa region went through another period of invasion at the hands of the Marathas, who gradually captured the entire region. Most of the temples of Ujjain were constructed during this period.
Ujjain finally passed into the hands of the Scindias in 1750, and until 1810, when Daulat Rao Scindia founded his new capital at Gwalior, it was the chief town of his dominions. Gwalior state became a princely state of the British Raj after the Maratha defeat in the Third Anglo-Maratha War, and Gwalior, Ujjain, and the neighboring princely states were made a part of the Central India Agency.The shifting of the capital to Gwalior led to a decline in the commercial importance of Ujjain. But the opening of the Ujjain-Ratlam-Godhra branch of the Bombay-Baroda railway line corrected the balance. A considerable volume of trade mainly with Bombay existed in cotton, grain and opium during British rule. Ujjain remained part of Gwalior state until Indian Independence in 1947.
After Indian independence, the Scindia ruler of Gwalior acceded to the Indian Union, and Ujjain became part of Madhya Bharat state.