Ujjayini through time
Now Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
Theme 4 · 600 to 300 BCE
Janapadas, Mahajanapadas and the second urbanisation
A capital of Avanti, with Mahishmati; on the western trade routes
Theme 5 · 6th century BCE to 321 BCE
Persian and Greek invasions, and the rise of Magadha
Capital of Avanti, whose power Shishunaga destroyed, ending a century old rivalry
Theme 7 · 324 or 321 to 187 BCE
Centre of the western province; Ashoka served here as governor; a centre of textile manufacture
Theme 10 · 319 to 550 CE
The second capital, after the conquest of the Western Satraps; Kalidasa's city; the centre of the Indian prime meridian; Varahamihira's city
Theme 12d · 543 to 1200 CE; the Hoysalas and Yadavas to 1346
The Deccan: Chalukyas to Yadavas
Where Dantidurga performed the Hiranyagarbha, a ritual of universal kingship