Hin: अम्बाला ambāla. ‘Mango Village’ City/District, Haryana. From Hin: amba , ‘mango’; Hin: wala, ‘a place with’, ‘village’. There are two other suggestions: from the goddess Bhawani Amba whose Temple still exists in Ambala city; named after Amba Rajput...
Hin: बहादुरगढ़ bahādurgarh ‘Bahadur’s Fort’ [Sharafabad] City/District, Haryana. From Bhadur Khan and Hin: garh, ‘fort’. This city was founded by Mughal Emperor Alamgir II, Sultan of Delhi 1754-1759. He gave the town in jagir to Bahadur Khan and Tej Khan,...
Hin: भिवानी bhiwāni ‘Bhavani (Devi)’ City/District, Haryana. From Bhavani (Devi)/Durga In one oral history the name is believed to have its origins in the name of the Hindu goddess Bhavani, a form of Durga. The town, in this renditionm was named after a...
Hin: एलेनाबाद elenābād ‘Ellen’s City’ [Kharial] City, Haryana. From Ellen and Urd: ābād, ‘city’, ‘settlement’ The town was named after Ellen, the wife of Robert Hutch, a British official who served as Commissioner for Hisar during the colonial...
Hin: फरीदाबाद pharīdābād ‘Mango Village’ City/District, Haryana. From Hin: amba , ‘mango’; Hin: wala, ‘a place with’, ‘village’. There are two other suggestions: Faridabad was founded in 1607 by Shaikh Farīd, the treasurer for the Mughal emperor Jahangir,...
Hin: गुरुग्राम gurugrām ‘Guru’s Village’ [Gurgaon] City/District, Haryana. From Skt: guru, ‘teacher’, ‘master’; Skt/Hin: gram(a)/gaon, ‘village’ According to the Mahabharata, the area now known as Gurugram was given as a gift...
Hin: हिसार hisār ‘Fort’ [Hisar-e-Firoza] City/District, Haryana. From Per: hisar, ‘fort’, ‘castle’. The region around Hisar was part of the Indus Valley Civilization, evidenced by nearby archaeological sites like Rakhigarhi, one of the largest...
Hin: जींद jind. ‘Jayanti Devi’s City’ [Jayantapuri], City/District, Haryana. From Skt: jayanta, ‘victorious’; and puri, ‘town’, ‘(fortified) settlement’ Jind is believed to have been founded during the Mahabharata era....
Hin: कैथल kaithal ‘Land of Monkeys’ City/District, Haryana. From Skt: kapi, ‘monkey’; sthala, ‘land’, ‘place’. Kaithal has been long associated with Lord Hanuman and has a temple dedicated to Anjani, his mother. Some say he was born here. It suggests that...
Hin: करनाल karnāl ‘(City of) Karna’ City/District, Haryana. From Karna, warrior and hero of the Mahabharata, and Skt: alaya, ‘abode of’ The town is supposed to take its name from the Karna, the tragic hero of the Mahabharata. He is the son...
Hin: कुरुक्षेत्र kurukṣētra ‘Land of Kuru’ City/District, Haryana. From Kuru, ancestor king of the Pandava and Kauravas in the Mahabharata and Skt: kṣētra, ‘land’, ‘field’, ‘region’. The name Kurukshetra originates from the Kuru, the ...
Hin: पानीपत pānipat ‘Plain of the Pandavas’ [Pandavaprastha] City/District, Haryana. From Pandavas and Skt: prastha→pat, ‘plateau’, ‘plain, ‘level expanse’ Local legends connect Panipat to the Mahabharata in which the Pandavas, on Krishna’s advice, demanded...
Hin: रोहतक rohtak ‘Red Country’ City/District, Haryana. From Skt: rohita, ‘red’; ‘red-coloured’ The name Rohtak is believed to derive from an ancient town or region called Rohita mentioned in early Sanskrit texts such as the Mahabharata. Some scholars suggest...
Hin: सिरसा sirsa ‘Saraswati’ [Sirsapattan, Sairīṣaka, Sarsuti] City/District, Haryana. From Skt: siris, ‘Indian Siris tree’ Sairīṣaka is mentioned in ancient texts such as the Panini’s Ashatadhayayi and the Mahābhārata. The Haryana District Gazetteer for...
Hin: सोनीपत sonipat ‘Golden Plain’ [Suvarnaprastha, Sonprastha] City/District, Haryana. From Skt: suvarṇa, ‘golden’; and prastha→pat, ‘plateau’, ‘plain, ‘level expanse’ According to legend, Sonipat was one of the five villages (Panipat,...
