Asandh

Assandh is a city and a municipal committee in Karnal district in the state of Haryana, India. Assandh is 45 km north-west of Karnal.HistoryEarly historyArchaeological excavations have revealed Painted Grey Ware, associated with the Vedic people of Iron Age India. Assandh is identified with ancient Āsandīvat, a capital of the Kuru Kingdom, which was the first recorded state in ancient India, c. 1200 BCE.Assandh StupaThe more-than-2000-year-old nation’s biggest Buddhist Stupa is situated at Assandh.The stupa is 25-metre high and at least 75 metres in diameter raised on an earthen platform. It is built with the help of bricks. This stupa is bigger than the much-famous stupa at Sanchi. According to historians, bricks used to construct this stupa, having a width of more than two-feet, indicate that the history of this monument dates back to more than 2000 years.Therefore, the importance of Assandh in the ancient period can not be ruled out with the presence of the nation’s biggest stupa.Colonial eraAssandh had a large Muslims population before 1947. After the 1947, muslims were replace with the Sikhs and Punjabi Khatri refugee migrants from Pakistani Punjab.Modern historyPanipat was the part of District Karnal till 31 October 1989, which was upgraded as a separate District, including Assandh Tehsil of district Karnal. When the District was reformed on 1 January 1992 Assandh Tehsil was excluded from this District.