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Rewari
The
town of Rewari is said to have been founded by a nephew of Prithviraj
Chauhan, Raja Karampal about 1000A.D. The present town was built by Raja Rawat
who named it after his daughter Rewati. The fort of Gokalgarh and the Rao Tula
Rama's palace at Rampura are within a few kilometers of Rewari. Rewari was detached from Gurgaon district and joined with the
neighbouring Mahendergarh under a plan of district reorganization by Haryana
Government.
Sohna
Sohna is about twenty four km from
Gurgaon.
It is famous for
its hot springs which have healing qualities for skin diseases of all kinds.
Palwal
Palwal is identified by the Hindu pandits with the Apelave
of Mahabharatha, of the Pandava kingdom of Indraprastha, tradition
associates with the same period the high mound of the old site of the
Aharwan, a village, few kilometers to the south-west. The oldest part covers a
high mound formed by the accumulated debris of many centuries, lately habitation
and streets have taken up part of the plain below.
Agroha
Agroha has been famous place in the
Haryana.
It is situated
about twenty-kilometers north-west of Hissar on the road to Fatehabad. It has
many old mounds to the north-west of the town. They occupy an area about two
hundred and sixty hectares which indicates the past glory and sprawling extent of the place.
Now Agroha
is one of the important towns in Haryana.
Sugh
A small village situated at a distance of about five kilometers
to the east of Jagadhari in Ambala. The ruins where once this important
historical town was situated suggest that it was a naturally formed strong hold
in a triangular form with large number of projecting citadels on all the three
angles.
The city covered an extent of twelve square kilometers and included
Jagadhari and Chameti on the west and Burya and Dyalgarh on the north. It
lay on the important routes of northern India connecting the upper Punjab with the Genetic
valley via Ambala, Saharanpur and Meerut. It was a great centre of trade and was
frequented by all kinds of people - traders, invaders, pilgrims, princes and
common people.
Karnal
Karnal takes its name from its founder
Karna, the Mahabharatha
hero and rival of Arjuna. It remained in obscurity and appear to have played no
important part till the end of the Pathan period.
Panipat
Panipat goes to great antiquity to the Mahabharatha period.
It was one of the five pats the Pandavas demanded from the Kauravas. During the
Muslim period, Panipat became the hub of politics, being the scene of three
decisive battles that changed the fate of the country. Panipat
has the distinction of being the birth place of famous Urdu poet Altaf
Hussain Hali. The principle historical building at Panipat is Dargah
Qalandar Sahib. Panipat today is an expanding industrial town of Haryana .
Kaithal
Kaithal is said to have been founded by the legendary hero
Yudhishtar.
It is also associated with the monkey -god Hanuman. Its Sanskrit name being
Kapisthala -abode of monkeys. Akbar built a fort here.
Thanesar
The capital of
Harshavardhana early in the 7th century A.D, it was sacked by Mahmud of Ghazni
in 1014 and recovered by the Hindu Raja of Delhi, it
remained desolate for long. The Sanyahet tank at Kurukshetra is a famous pilgrim
centre. The mosque adjacent to Sheikh Chishti's tomb, is a beautiful specimen of
Muslim architecture and marble carving, and is famous for the blue and yellow
tiling on its roofs and cupolas. There is a temple associated with the Kauravas and
Pandava. Jotisar, where Lord Krishna gave the inspiring message of Gita is
close by. Kurukshetra is one of the most sacred places of India.
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