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Dhar

a town of central India, lying at an elevation of 1,908 feet above the sea, 33 miles W. of Mhov. It has over 20,000 inhabitants, and preserves, in two large mosques of red stone and a fort defended b by a high rampart and 26 towers, traces of bygone magnificence.

It is the capital of a protected state of the same name, with an area of 1,775 square miles, and a population of about 145,000.

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