The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s12.101.4

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at Dāmodara Kuṇḍa they washed their Takhtās or slates. About two miles to the north of the town is Bhartṛihari’s guhā on the bank of the Siprā, which appears to have been a portion of the old town. A low doorway made of stone leads through a subterranean passage to various chambers supported on ancient pillars of black carved stone containing inscriptions (see Charaṇādri). At the temple of Haraśuddhī Devī Vikramāditya used to cut off his head every day and offer it to the goddess, which was, however, restored by the latter (Betāla-pañcha-viṁśati). The Gogashehid, an isolated hill in the south-east quarter of the city, is said to have contained the celebrated throne of Vikramāditya exhume by Rājā Bhoja of Dharaṇagara (Dvātriṁśatputtalikā). A beautiful bird’s eye-view of the city is obtained from the top of this hill (JASB., 1837, p. 813—Observations upon the past and the present condition of Ujjain or Oujein by Lt. Edward Conolly; Skanda Purāṇa, Avantya-khaṇḍa, Avantī-kṣhetra-Māhāt.). On the south-western side of the city is the observatory of Rājā Jai Singh of Jaipur now in ruins (for its description, see Asiatic Researches, vol. V). This observatory is the first meridian of the Hindu astronomers.