City in Haryana, India
Assandh is a city and a municipal committee in Karnal district in the state of Haryana , India . Assandh is 45 km south-west of Karnal.
History [ ]
Early history [ ]
Archaeological excavations have revealed Painted Grey Ware ,[4] associated with the Vedic people of Iron Age India . Assandh is identified with ancient Āsandīvat,[4] [5] a capital of the Kuru Kingdom , which was the first recorded state in Ancient India , c. 1200 BCE.[6] Historian Charles Allen has related this town and the Stupa to the from which hailed Asandhimitra , the Chief Queen (Agramahisi ) of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka .[7]
Assandh Stupa [ ]
The ruins of more-than-2000-year-old Buddhist stupa is situated at Assandh. The stupa is 25-metre high and at least 75 metres in diameter raised on an earthen platform. It is built with the help of bricks. This stupa is bigger than the much-famous stupa at Sanchi. According to historians, bricks used to construct this stupa, having a width of more than two-feet, indicate that the history of this monument dates back to more than 2000 years.
The ruins of this structure is also known as Jarasandh ka Qila/Teela or Jarasandh ka Teela (Fort/Mound of Jarasandh) named after a character of epic Mahabharat , and forms part of the 48 kos parikrama of Kurukshetra .[8]
According to Archaeological Survey of India , this is a Kushan stupa (belongs to Kushan period ).[9]
Colonial era [ ]
Assandh had a large Muslims population before 1947. After the 1947, Muslims were replace with the Sikhs and Punjabi Khatri refugee migrants from Pakistani Punjab. Now Assandh is growing city of Karnal and upcoming district of Haryana
Modern history [ ]
Panipat was the part of District Karnal till 31 October 1989, which was upgraded as a separate District, including Assandh Tehsil of district Karnal. When the District was reformed on 1 January 1992 Assandh Tehsil was excluded from this District.
There is a Gurudwara, many Hindu Temples, a Sanatan Dharm Mandir and a Masjid also.
Demographics [ ]
As of 2011 Indian Census , Assandh had a total population of 27,125, of which 14,385 were males and 12,740 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 3,404. The total number of literates in Assandh was 18,192, which constituted 67.1% of the population with male literacy of 70.9% and female literacy of 62.7%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Assandh was 76.7%, of which male literacy rate was 81.9% and female literacy rate was 70.9%. The Scheduled Castes population was 6,183. Assandh had 5081 households in 2011.[1]
As of 2001 India census , Assandh had a population of 22,707. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Assandh has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 58% of the males and 42% of females literate. 15% of the population was in the 0 to 6 years age group.[10]
Politics [ ]
Assandh is part of Assandh constituency of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha . The following is the list of MLAs have been elected from this constituency:
Notable villages in Assandh Tehsil [ ]
References [ ]
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Brahma Sarovar 11.
Sannihit Sarovar 12. 13. Aditi Tirtha and Abhimanyu ka Tila, Amin 14.
Jyotisar 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. , Thanesar 28. , Bid Pipli 29.
Sthaneshwar Mahadev Temple 30. 31.
Jind 32.
Bhuteshwar 33. 34. 35. 36. 37.
Som tirtha, Pindara 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49.
Panipat 50.
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Falgu , Faral 53. 54.
Kapil Muni ,
Kalayat 55. ,
Pundri 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61.
Vridkedar ,
Kaithal 62. 63. 64. 65.
Gyaraharudri , Kaithal 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100.
Karnal 101. 102. ,
Nisang 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. ,
Assandh 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. 115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134.
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Tosham Hill in Bhiwani
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Tosham Hill Caverns
Nar Narayan Cave in Yamuna Nagar
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Badkhal Lake
Blue Bird Lake at Hisar
Damdama Lake
Karna Lake
Tilyar Lake at Rohtak
Dams Rivers
Chautang
Ghaggar-Hakra
Markanda River
Najafgarh
Sahibi River
Sarasvati River
Yamuna
Religious Offices
High Court
Legislative Assembly
Raj Bhavan
Public places Extreme Corners of Haryana
Eastern-most point: village Yamuna riverbank in Yamuna Nagar District
Western-most point: Chautala - border road crossing in Sirsa district
Southern-most point: hill in Ferozepur Jhirka tehsil of Gurgaon district
Northern-most point: Khokhra village riverbank north of Chandigarh-Baddi river bridge in Panchkula district
Highest-lowest of Haryana
Highest point: Karoh Peak in Shivalik Hills of Panchkula district
Lowest natural Surface elevation point:
Deepest Underground Cave:
Coldest avg temp: Karoh Peak in Shivalik Hills of Panchkula district
Hottest avg temp: Hisar
Wettest avg rainfall: Morni hills in Shivalik Hills of Panchkula district
Driest avg rainfall: Bhiwani
Oldest of Haryana
Oldest archaeological site: Rakhigarhi 4700 BC or 6700 years old Indus Valley Civilization in Hisar district
Oldest archaeological mine site: Kaliyana hill Indus Valley Civilization stone mine (3000 BC or 5000 years old) west of Charkhi Dadri
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Foreign Investment and NRI Cell
Forests Department, Haryana
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