It is founded 500 about B.C., what the finds of fragments of blackly red and grey painting ceramics specify on. It was the outpost of the civilization of Gang also. Ujjain had a mile (1,6 km) in a diameter, surrounded by the clay billow in 250 feet (76,2 m) thick and in 40 feet (12,2 m) high.
The only limited excavations are conducted until now. In obedience to a legend, this city was the capital of reign of Vikramadit. The main meridian of the Ancient India passed through Ujjain. This city is one of the seven sacred cities of India.
One time per three years in one of the four great sainted cities (Nashik - in Maharashtra, Ujjain - in Madhya Pradeshe, Prayag (Allahabad) and Hardwar - in Uttar Pradesh) Kumbh Mela swept: the hundreds of pilgrims flow down to the waters of the sacred river Gang for ablution.
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