Rupnagar is a town in Punjab, India. It was formerly known as Ropar.. The city lies on the Sutlej River near the head of the great Sirhind Canal. Rupnagar district, included in the Patiala Division of Punjab . Rupnagar (formerly known as Ropar) town, the district headquarters is 42 km from Chandigarh, the state capital. The district adjoins Nawanshahar, Mohali and Fatehgarh Sahib Districts of Punjab.
Ropar
- State - Punjab (India)
- District(s) - Ropar
- Coordinates 31.34° N 76.18° E
- Area - kmē
- Elevation - 262 m
- Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
- Population (2006)
- Density - ?/kmē
Rupnagar was one of the oldest towns in the Punjab. The relics excavated from Nalagarh Tibbi, a mound, reveal that the town was a prosperous in the past with an advanced civilization similar to Harappa and Mohenjodaro civilizations.
Rupar is a 21 metre high ancient mound overlaying the Shiwalik (also spelt as Sivalik or Shivalik) deposition on the left bank of the river Sutlej where it emerges into the lains. It has yielded a sequence of six cultural periods or phases with some breaks from the Harappan times to the present day.
The prominent attractions are Pincassia Boat Club, treaty place of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and Lord William Bentick, site of Indus Valley Civilization, Gurdwara Bhatha Sahib and Gurdwara Sadabarat
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