Hazro, Punjab
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Hazro (Hindko/Template:Langx) is a town located in the Attock District of the Punjab Province of Pakistan.[1]
Geography
It is located approximately halfway between Peshawar and Islamabad, the federal capital. This town is the capital of Hazro Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district, and the central marketplace of the Chach Valley, consisting of 84 villages located along the Indus River.
History
Ancient history
Hazro is located at the historical region of Gandhara. The region was inhabited by the Scythians. Liaka Kusulaka was an Indo-Scythian satrap of the area of Chukhsa (Chach) during the 1st century BC.[2] Later the region was inhabited by Turk Shahis, Western Turk, or mixed Turko-Hephthalite and later was ruled by Hindu Shahis. Many rulers such as Alexander the Great, Mahmud of Ghazni, Timur, Nader Shah and Babur and their armies crossed the Indus River at or about this region in their respective invasions of India.[3]
Middle Ages
According to the Gazetteer of Rawalpindi, Hazro was the battlefield of the Battle of Chach in which, in AD 1008, Ghaznavid Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi defeated the united forces of the Hindu Shahi ruler Anandapala with a slaughter of 20,000 men. The Gakhars became vital in the hills to the east, but their dominion never extended beyond the Margalla pass. Ghakhars were defeated by Kashmiri ruler Shihabu'd-Din Shah near Attock Khurd and continued under Kashmiri rule until the conquest of Babur.[4]
Modern period
During British Rule the town of Hazro became part of Attock Tehsil; the municipality of Attock which was created in 1867 and the North-Western Railway connected the town to Lawrencepur. The town is surrounded by rich cultivation, and from 20th century had a flourishing trade, chiefly in tobacco and sugar. The population according to the 1901 census of India was 9,799.[4]
Notable people
References
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- ↑ a b Gazetteer of the Rawalpindi district 1893-94 published by Sang-E-Meel Publications and Page 259
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