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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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