<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (April 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Haryana is a state in India . During the British Raj period it was administered as a part of the Punjab province . It became a separate administrative entity in 1966 . </P> <P> In some ancient Hindu texts, the boundaries of Kurukshetra correspond roughly to the state of Haryana . Thus according to the Taittiriya Aranyaka 5.1. 1., the Kurukshetra region is south of Turghna (Srughna / Sugh in Sirhind, Punjab), north of Khandava (Delhi and Mewat region), east of Maru (desert) and west of Parin . </P> <P> After ousting the Huns, king Harshavardhana established his capital at Thanesar near Kurukshetra in the 7th century CE . After his death, the kingdom of his clansmen, the Pratiharas ruled over a vast region for quite a while from Harsha's adopted capital Kannauj . The region remained strategically important for the rulers of North India even though Thanesar was no more as central as Kannauj . Prithviraj Chauhan established forts at Taraori and Hansi in the 12th century . Muhammad Ghori conquered this area in the Second Battle of Tarain . Following his death, the Delhi Sultanate was established that ruled much of India for several centuries . The earliest reference to' Hariana' occurs in a Sanskrit inscription dated 1328 AD kept in Delhi Museum, which refers to this region as The heaven on earth, indicating that it was fertile and relatively peaceful at that time . Firoz Shah Tughlaq established a fort at Hisar in 1354 to further fortify the region, and also constructed canals or rajwahas as they were referred to in the Indo - Persian historical texts . </P>

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