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THANESAR (=" place of the god ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 725 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THANESAR (=" See also:place of the See also:god ")  , an See also:ancient See also:town of See also:British See also:India, in See also:Karnal See also:district of the See also:Punjab, on the See also:river Saraswati, See also:loo m. by See also:rail N. of See also:Delhi: pop . (1901) 5066 . As the centre of the See also:tract called Kurukshetra in the Mahabharata, it has always been a See also:holy See also:place, and was in the seventh See also:century the See also:capital of See also:King Harshavardhana, who ruled over all See also:northern India . The bathing-See also:fair held here on the occasion of a See also:solar See also:eclipse is said to be attended by See also:half a million pilgrims .

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