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Khwaja Khizr Tomb is a maqbara located at Jatwara, Sonipat, National Capital Region, India. It was built by Ibrahim Lodi in the memory of Khwaja Khizr, the son of Darya Khan, during the period 1522–1524 CE. [1] [2]
This was established as a cell under the education department in 1969, which was upgraded to a separate department in 1972. It published archaeology and excavation reports, maintains notified archaeology sites and three museums. [1] Dr. Banani Bhattacharyya is the deputy director since November 2015. [2]
Sonipat is a planned industrial city & administrative headquarter in Sonipat district of Haryana state of India. It comes under the National Capital Region and is around 44 kilometres (27 mi) from New Delhi .
Sonipat district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana state in northern India. Sonipat town is the district headquarters. It is a part of National Capital Region.
Haryana is home to important religious sites dating to Vedic times. With a battery of temples and pilgrim centres concentrated in the 48 kos parikrama (92 miles) of land described in the epic Mahabharata, legend and mythology play an important role in the history of Kurukshetra, a place where the celestial song 'Bhagwad Gita' is believed to have been delivered by Krishna to Arjuna. [6]
Rakhigarhi or Rakhi Garhi is a village and an archaeological site in the Hisar District of the northern Indian state of Haryana, situated about 150 km northwest of Delhi.It is located in the Ghaggar River plain, [6] some 27 km from the seasonal Ghaggar river, and belonged to the Indus Valley civilisation, being part of the pre-Harappan (7000-3300 BCE), early Harappan (3300-2600 BCE), and the ...
It consists of the districts of Jhajjar, Charkhi Dadri, Rohtak and Sonipat. [1] [2] [3] See also. Districts of Haryana References. This page was last edited on 21 ...
Jahaj Kothi Museum is a later era building located inside Firoz Shah Palace Complex and maintained by Archaeological Survey of India. It is called the jahaj, Hindi for the ship as its shape resembles a ship. It was originally a Jain temple which was later used as residence by the Irish mercenary adventurer George Thomas (c. 1756 – 22 August ...