Tribes in Ancient India c63.23

c63.23

An interesting notice of Ujjain is to be found in the *Periplus of the Erythraean Sea* (sec. 48) where we read: ‘Eastward from Barygaza (=Bhṛgukaccha) is a city called Ozene, formerly the capital where the king resided. From this place is brought down to Barygaza every commodity for local consumption or export to other parts of India, onyx-stones, porcelain, fine muslins, mallow-tinted cottons and the ordinary kinds in great quantities. It imports from the upper country through Proklais for transport to the coast, spikenard, kostos and bdellium.’ The ancient city no longer exists, but its ruins can be traced at a distance of a mile from its modern successor.⁵