PLACES OF INTEREST

1.  ROHTAK

      Rohtak city is the headquarter of Rohtak Tehsil and Distt.  It is situated on Delhi Hisar  N.H.10. The ruins of the ancient town at Khokrakot prove that perhaps the town is as old as Indus valley Civilization as the Minar finds at Khokhrakot are typical of Indus Valley sites. It is also Identified with Rohitika,mentioned in  the Mahabharta.  It was quite possibly the capital of Bahudhanyaka the kingdom of yaudheyas.  In the vinaya of the Mulasarvasti-vadins,  Jivaka  is  represented  as taking journey from Taxila in the north west of  Bhadramkara,  Udumbasa, Rohitaka and  Nathura  in  the  Ganga  Doab.  The ancient highway carried the trade of the ganga valley to Taxila passing through Rohitika to Sakala.  The existance of the town during the rule of Kushanas  is testified by the recovery of Khushana Pillar Capital decorated with carving of winged lions and riders. The Pillar capital represents the sculplor's excellence in his professional skill.  An example of a lion capital of 1-2 century A.D., it resembles the lion capital in the British museum at London, famous for its inscriptions.  The riders on it are similar to the riders on elephant at Karle cave and figures at  Sanchi  Gateway. It is a significant example of the sculptural art of Haryana towards the beginning of the Christian era.  Clay mounds of coins discovered at Khokhrakot  have  thrown  important  light  on  the process of  casting  coins  in ancient India.  The coin moulds of the later Yadhyayas of the 3-4 century A.D.  have been discovered in large number here of the same and subsequent dates are several cly sealings. A Gupta terraacota plague and a head of later date have also been discovered.  The town continued to flourish till the 10th century A.D.as coins of samanta Deva, the Hindus King of kabul have been found here.  At present, there is one University, one PGIMS, the institutes of prestige.  The rewri of this town are famous.

2.  ASTHAL BOHAR

Asthal  bohar  is  stuated  6-7  Km  east  of  Rohtak   city   on Rohtak-Delhi N.H.10.   the place is know for its math and ancient finds sculptured stone idols. According to a legend, Pooran Bhagat of Sialkot and disciple of Guru Gorakhnath, came hare and founded this nplace. after being neglected, the Math was revided in 1791 or so,when Baba Mast  Nath  came  here. Now here are Ayurvedic Degree College, Free Hospital, Business Management Institute, Engineering College and other institutions being run by Math.

3.  Meham

Meham town is situated 30 km.west of Rohtak city on Rohtak Hisar N.H.No.10. Tradition assigns  the settement of the town to Mahabharta period when it was a site of  big fort. Later it was re-founded by  Rai  Ballu, a Power Rajput, before the reign of prithi Raj Chauhan. It is said to have been destroyed by Mohammad Gauri. But this place of antiquity is not historically recovered before the reign of Akbar, when he gave it in Jagir to Shahbaz Khan, an Afgan. later in the reign of Aurangzeb, it was santched from Afgans by the Rajputs Ancient monuments in the town includs a bain or baoli(well with steps leading to  it) and two mosques i.e. jama Masjid  and Pirzada Masjid. The baoli is having 101 steps and has suits of rooms neer the well. An inscription on a marble slab records the fact that it was made by Sidu, a chobdar in A.D.1656-57.  It is made of Kankar ( Gravel) and sand stone.  It is ,however, not  the  oldest  baoli  of  the town,  having  been built to replace another one which had fallen into disuse due to change in the alignment of Delhi  Hisar  Road. The new baoli is towards the south of the town, while the old one is towards  east.  the jama Masjid,was constructed in the time of Humayu in A.D.1531, as seen from the inscription under the pulpit stairs.  Outside and over the south arch is another scription of the time  of  Aurangazeb,  A.D.  1667-68, stating that the mosque has built by Khawaja Rahmet Ullah.  Two Arabic inscriptions  also show  that a mosque existed there even before the rein of Humayu. The pirzada Masjid is a small Masjid towards south of Jama Masjid built in the reign ofd Babar by Sheikh  Yasaf  of  Hisar  as  per inscription.