Kannauj District is an administrative district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India, along the river Ganga, or Ganges. Uttar Pradesh (UP Uttar Pradesh state, India, has 71 administrative districts which are grouped into 18 divisions Uttar Pradesh (उत्तर प्रदेश اتر پردیش pronounced, Translation: Northern Province) referred to as '''U India is a union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The Ganges (ˈgænʤiːz also Ganga, Devanāgarī: hi गंगा in most Indian languages) is the major river in the Indian subcontinent The historic town of Kannauj, northwest of Kanpur, is the administrative center. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Kannauj ( Hindi कन्नौज Urdu: کنوج) also spelt Kanauj, Kanpur ( Hindi: कानपुर Urdu: کان پور spelled as Cawnpore before 1948 is one of the most populous cities in the north India
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Geography
Kannauj is located at [1]. It has an average elevation of 139 metres (456 feet). The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit
Ganga (or Ganges) is the main river of the district at the North East border of the district. The Ganges (ˈgænʤiːz also Ganga, Devanāgarī: hi गंगा in most Indian languages) is the major river in the Indian subcontinent Kali river is at the northern border of the district while the Ishan river flows through the District.
The climate of the district is characterized by a hot dry summer and a pleasant cold season. The average rainfall of the District is approximately 80cm.
The district is bounded by the districts of Farrukhabad to the north, Hardoi to the northeast, Kanpur Nagar to the east, Kanpur Dehat to the southeast, Auraiya to the south, Etawah to the southwest, and Mainpuri to the west. Farrukhabad District is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Hardoi is a district of Uttar Pradesh, India, and Hardoi town is the district headquarters Kanpur district is one of the districts of the Uttar Pradesh state of India. Kanpur Dehat District, also called Akbarpur District, is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. Auraiya district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Auraiya town is the district headquarters Etawah district is a district in the southwestern portion of Uttar Pradesh state of India. Mainpuri district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India, and Mainpuri town is the district headquarters The district is divided into three tehsils and seven development blocks. A tehsil ( Urdu: تحصیل) (or tahsil, tahasil, taluka, taluk, taluq, mandal) is an Administrative division The district was split from Farrukhabad on September 18, 1997, and is part of Kanpur Division. Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Kanpur division is an administrative geographical unit of Uttar Pradesh state of India.
Population
The District's population was 1,388,923 in 2001. Of these, 1,156,951 (or 83. 3%) lived in rural areas, while 231,972 (or 16. 7%) lived in urban areas. [2]
History
Kannauj has a rich archeological and cultural heritage. Many Bronze age weapons and tools and large numbers of stone statues have been found here. The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced Metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use included techniques for The ancient names of this place, Kanyakubja or Mahodya, are found in the Ramayana, Mahabharata, and the Puranas). WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Kannauj ( Hindi कन्नौज Urdu: کنوج) also spelt Kanauj, The Rāmāyaṇa ( Devanāgarī: sa रामायण is an ancient Sanskrit epic attributed to the Hindu sage ( Maharishi) Valmiki For other meanings see Purana (disambiguation. The Puranas ( Sanskrit: sa पुराण purāṇa, "of ancient times"
Amavasu founded a kingdom, the capital of which became Kanyakubja. Jahnu was such a powerful king that the river Ganga is said to have been named after him as Jahnaui. Rishi Jahnu appears in the story of Ganga and Bhagiratha. When Ganga came to earth after being released from lord Shiva's locks her torrential The Ganges (ˈgænʤiːz also Ganga, Devanāgarī: hi गंगा in most Indian languages) is the major river in the Indian subcontinent This region rose into great prominence during the Mahabharata period. Kampilya was the capital of South Panchala and the scene of the famous Svayamvara of Draupadi. Kampilya ( Sanskrit: कम्पिल्य was the Capital of the Panchala Kingdom ruled by Drupada during Mahabharata period For the Genus of Gossamer-winged butterflies, see Panchala (butterfly. In the Ancient Indian epic Mahābhārata, Krsnā Draupadī (Devanagari कृष्णा द्रौपदी; approx
Panchala, the tenth in the list of the sixteen premier states (Mahajanpada) in the time of Mahavira and Buddha, was the region covered by the present districts of Bareilly, Badaun and Farrukhabad. Mahavira (महावीर lit Great Hero) (599 – 527 BCE is the name most commonly used to refer to the Indian sage Vardhamana ( Sanskrit: वर्धमान Siddhārtha Gautama ( Sanskrit; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual Teacher from Ancient India and the founder Bareilly ( Hindi: बरेली Urdu: بریلی is a city in Bareilly district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Budaun ( Hindi: बदायूँ Urdu: بدایوں) is a city in the north-central Farrukhabad one of three Tehsils in the Farrukhabad District of the State of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. This territory was annexed to the Nanda empire of Magadha about C. The Nanda dynasty ruled Magadha during the 5th and 4th centuries BC. Magadha (मगध formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas ( Sanskrit, "great countries" or regions in ancient India. 400 B. C. Many coins found at Mathura, Kannauj, and in the Panchala region have been associated with the Mitra rulers. Mathura ( IAST mathurā)( Hindi: मथुरा is a holy City in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. For the Genus of Gossamer-winged butterflies, see Panchala (butterfly. This article is about the Vedic deity Mitra. For other divinities with related names see the general article Mitra. The area flourished between C. 100 B. C. and C. 200 A. D. Kannauj was known as Kangora or Kanogiza by the geographer, Ptolemy (C. Claudius Ptolemaeus ( Greek: Klaúdios Ptolemaîos; after 83 &ndash ca 140 A. D. ).
Fa-hien, the Chinese pilgrim, visited Kannauj between 399 and 414 A. Faxian ( Traditional Chinese:法顯 Simplified Chinese:法显 Pinyin ：Fǎxiǎn also romanized as Fa-Hien or Fa-hsien) (ca D. , during the reign of Chandragupta II, at a retreat at the Dragon-Shrine. Chandragupta II (very often referred to as Vikramaditya or Chandragupta Vikramaditya) was one of the most powerful emperors of the Gupta empire Fa-hien observed, "This country is very productive and the people are flourishing and happy beyond compare. When men of other nations come, care is taken of all of them and they are provided with what they require". He noted the monolithic elephant pillar erected by Asoka at Sankisa. The pillars of Ashoka are a series of columns dispersed throughout the northern Indian subcontinent and erected by the Mauryan king Ashoka during his reign in Ashoka ( Devanāgarī: अशोकः IAST: Aśokaḥ, aɕoːkə(hə Prakrit Imperial title Devanampriya Priyadarsi
Harivarman appears to have been the founder of the Maukhari dynasty of Kannauj. The Maukhari Dynasty, classically called the Megar Dynasty, ruled a large region of North India for over six generations Harsha also advanced towards Kannauj. Harsha or Harshavardhana (हर्षवर्धन or "Harsha vardhan" ( 590 &ndash 647) was an Indian emperor who ruled Northern India The Chinese pilgrim, Hiuen Tsang, visiting Kannauj in 643 A. See also Xuanzang (fictional character Xuanzang ( pronounced Shwan-dzang) was a famous Chinese Buddhist Monk, scholar traveler D. , found 100 Buddhist monasteries with more than 10,000 priests. He mentions Kah-Pi-Ta (Kapitha, identified with Sankisa) as the other important place of the district.
Between the eight and the tenth centuries, a tripartite struggle for the resources of the rich Gangetic plains, with three empires -- the Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta, the Pala Dynasty of Bengal and the Prathihara dynasty of Gujarat -- annexing the seat of power at Kannauj for short periods of time.
Rajyapala was the ruler of Kannauj when Mahmud of Ghazni attacked India. Rajyahapala was the successor to the Pala king Narayan Pala, and seventh ruler of the Pala line reigning for 32 years Mahmud of Ghazni (محمود غزنوی Maḥmūd-e Ghaznawī ( November 2, 971 - April 30, 1030) also known as Yāmīn After sacking Mathura, Mahmud proceeded towards Kannauj. Mathura ( IAST mathurā)( Hindi: मथुरा is a holy City in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. In 1018 A. D. he encountered "a city which raised its head to the skies and which in strength and beauty might boast of being unrivalled. "
An inscription of the Chalukya dynasty of Lata, dated 1050 A. The Chalukya dynasty ( Kannada: ಚಾಲುಕ್ಯರು ʧaːɭukjə was an Indian royal dynasty that ruled large parts of southern and Central D. , associates the Rashtrakuta dynasty with Kannauj. The Rashtrakuta Dynasty ( Sanskrit: राष्ट्रकूट rāṣṭrakūṭa, Kannada: ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಕೂಟ was a royal Kannauj recovered a large measure of its old importance during 1114 A. D. to 1154 . During the reign of the Chauhans (1170-1194 A. Origins According to the Rajput bards Chauhan is one of the four Agnikula or 'fire sprung' clans who were created by the Gods in the anali kund or 'fountain D. ) Kannauj became powerful and was annexed to Delhi. The Delhi Sultanate ( Urdu: دلی سلطنت, दिल्ली सलतनत or Sultanat e Hind ( سلطنتِ هند; सलतनत ए Kannauj, as (Jaichand of Kannauj's capital) was the scene of Svayamvara of his daughter Samyogita, who was carried off by Prithviraj III. Jaichand was the name of the last ruler of Kannauj belonging to the short-lived Gahadvala dynasty For the Indian TV serial with the protagonist of the same name see Dharti Ka Veer Yodha Prithviraj Chauhan. Mohammad Ghauri invaded India and killed Jaichand in 1193 A. Muhammad Shahab-ud-Din Ghori ( Persian, Pashto, Urdu: محمد شہاب الدین غوری also spelled Mohammad Ghauri, originally named Mu'izzuddin D.
Ghiyas ud din Balban, who then possessed the Delhi throne, (1268-87) marched towards this region and divided the whole area into a number of military commands. Ghiyas ud din Balban (1200 &ndash 1286 ( غیاث الدین بلبن) was a Turkic ruler of the Delhi Sultanate during the Mamluk dynasty (or Although order was restored, the region was continually up in arms against imperial authority. Reinforced by the neighboring Chauhans and Solankhis, the Rajputs of this area broke out in open rebellion. Origins According to the Rajput bards Chauhan is one of the four Agnikula or 'fire sprung' clans who were created by the Gods in the anali kund or 'fountain In 1394, with another regional rebellion afoot, the sultan conferred on Khwaja Jahan the title of Malik-ul-Sharq "and appointed him governor of Hindustan from Kannauj to Bihar devolving upon him full power. " Malik-ul-Sharq died in 1399 and his adopted son, Mubarak Shah became the virtual ruler at Delhi and reached Kannauj.
In 1414, under the Saiyid dynasty in 1423, Mubarak Shah Saiyid marched to Kampil to suppress the Rajputs. Kannauj became a fief under the sovereignty of the Mughals. In 1527 Babar mobilised his forces to capture Chanderi but lost Kannauj and Shamsabad to the Afghans. Kannauj became a dependency of the rebels who found themselves at the head of Muslims and Rajputs. Humayan's continued occupation in the north gave the ambitious Sher Shah Suri a free hand to prosecute his designs in the east. Sher Shah Suri (1486 Sasaram &ndash May 22, 1545 Kalinjar) ( - Šīr Šāh Sūrī) also known as Farid Khan or It appears that immediately after the capture of Kannauj Sher Shah destroyed the old city and built a fort of burnt brick there "and on the spot of gaining victory he built a city Sher Sur. " The Afghans were overthrown in 1855 and the power of the Mughals was once again established by Humayun, who had returned to India after 12 years; he died soon after, in January 1556, and was succeeded by his son Akbar. Akbar redirects here For other uses see Akbar (disambiguation Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar ( Jalāl ud-Dīn Muhammad Akbar [3]
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