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The State of Haryana
First Online: March 01,2001
Page Last Updated: June 18,2008
Brief History of Haryana
The region of Haryana is mentioned as Brahmavarta in the Manusmruti, and the name Haryana evokes memories of mythology and history. On the banks of the river Saraswati, the rishis (sages) in their yogic trance perceived the hymns of the Vedas. At Kurukshetra, the epic battle of Mahabharata was fought. At Thanesar rule Harshavardhana 1400 years ago. His was the last Hindu empire. After him the country remained divided into regional kingdoms till the Tomara Rajputs established themselves in Delhi. Around 1000 A.D. Mahmud Ghazani invaded India and plundered Thanesar. That tempted other invading armies to march on its soil in the following centuries.
See Also:
- Tales and pictures of the Mahabharata epic at Kamat's Potpourri
- Uttar Pradesh
See Research Abstracts on Haryana
- Impact of brick kilns on land use/landcover changes around Aligarh city, India.
by Singh, Abha Lakshmi and Sarfaraz Asgher, Mohammed
in Habitat International - Bhagwanpura: A Late Harappan Site in Haryana Indus Civilization Sites in India: New Discoveries, edited by Dilip K. Chakrabarti,
by Joshi, Jagat Pati
in Marg - A Medieval Mansion (at Narnaul)
by Parihar, Subhash
in Marg - The Haryana You Do Not Know
by Kamath M.V
in The Illustrated Weekly of India - Haryana
by Bedi S.V
in The Illustrated Weekly of India - Pre-Historic Haryana
by Bisht, R.S. and Anand Mulk Raj
in Marg - Origin and Development of Embroidery in Our Land (India)
by Chattopadhyaya, Kamaladevi
in Marg - Tax Efficiency in Selected Indian States
by Raghbendra Jha, M. S. Mohanty, Somnath Chatterjee, and Puneet Chitkara
in Empirical Economics - Tax efficiency in selected Indian states
by Jha Raghbendra, Mohanty M.S., Chatterjee Somnath, and Chitkara Puneet
in Empirical Economics
