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Mong, Punjab


Mong or Mung (مونگ ) is a town and Union Council of Mandi Bahauddin District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located at 32°39′00″N 73°31′00″E / 32.6500°N 73.5167°E / 32.6500; 73.5167Coordinates: 32°39′00″N 73°31′00″E / 32.6500°N 73.5167°E / 32.6500; 73.5167 at an altitude of 217 metres (715 feet). Mong, a historic and densely populated village.

A local tradition says that Mong was built on the ancient city of Nicaea which was founded by Alexander the Great in commemoration of his victory over Raja Porus in the Battle of the Hydaspes River. However, the ruins of the city of Nicea have not been found yet, and any attempt to find the ancient battle site is doomed, because the landscape has changed somewhat. The 1910 version of the Encyclopædia Britannica cited Mong as the location of "Nicaea", but the modern version no longer has this claim.


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