Thanesar
THANESAR ( = " place of the god"), an ancient town of India, in Karnal district of the Punjab, on the river Saraswati, 100 m. by rail N. of Delhi: pop. (1901) 5066. As the centre of the tract called Kurukshetra in the Mahabharata, it has always been a holy place, and was in the seventh century the capital of King Harshavardhana, who ruled over all northern India. The bathing-fair held here on the occasion of a solar eclipse is said to be attended by half a million pilgrims.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
