Assandh
Sign in to saveAssandh, historically known as Āsandīvat, is a town and municipal committee in the Karnal district of the Indian state of Haryana. Assandh is located in 45 km south-west of Karnal. The town is surrounded by four districts - Karnal, Kaithal, Jind and Panipat.
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- Locality
- Salwan
- Region
- Haryana
- Country
- India
- Population
- 27,125
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Assandh
- Settlement.other_name
- Āsandīvat
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- View of Assandh town from the Stupa.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- View of Assandh town from the Stupa
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Assandh town from the Stupa
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Haryana#India3
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Haryana, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Haryana
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Karnal
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 27125
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Haryana
- Elevation
- 217
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Kuru Kingdom
- Image
- View of Assandh town from the Stupa.jpg
- Dialing code
- 1749
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- postal code
- 132039
- Commons category
- Assandh
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Early history
- Assandh Stupa
- Colonial era
- Modern history
- Demographics
- Politics
- Notable villages in Assandh Tehsil
- References
Assandh, historically known as Āsandīvat, is a town and municipal committee in the Karnal district of the Indian state of Haryana. Assandh is located in 45 km south-west of Karnal. The town is surrounded by four districts - Karnal, Kaithal, Jind and Panipat.
== History == === Early history=== Archaeological excavations have revealed Painted Grey Ware, associated with the Vedic people of Iron Age India. Assandh is identified with ancient Āsandīvat, a capital of the Kuru kingdom, which was the first recorded state in Ancient India, . Historian Charles Allen has related this town and the Stupa to the Asandhiwat Kingdom from which hailed Asandhimitra, the Chief Empress (Agramahisi) of the Maurya Emperor Ashoka.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Assandh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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