Rupnagar district
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Rupnagar district ਰੂਪਨਗਰ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ |
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| District | |
 Location in Punjab, India |
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| Coordinates: 30°58′N 76°31′E / 30.97°N 76.51°ECoordinates: 30°58′N 76°31′E / 30.97°N 76.51°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Punjab |
| Named for | Raja Rokeshar's son, Rup Sen |
| Headquarters | Rupnagar |
| Government | |
| • Administrator of District | Karinesh Sharma |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,440 km2 (560 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 684,627 |
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-PB-RU |
| Literacy | 82.19% |
| Website | rupnagar |
Rupnagar district (Doabi: ਰੂਪਨਗਰ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ) is one of the twenty two districts in the state of Punjab in North-West Republic of India. The town of Rupnagar (formerly known as Rupar or Ropar) is said to have been founded by a Raja called Rokeshar, who ruled during the 11th century and named it after his son Rup Sen. It is also the site of an ancient town of the Indus Valley Civilization. The major cities in Ropar District are Morinda, Nangal, Kurali, Anandpur Sahib. Morinda is also known as Baghawala "The City of Gardens." Morinda is located at Chandigarh-Ludhiana Highway.
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 merges into the plains. It has yielded a sequence of six cultural periods or phases with some breaks from the Harappan times to the present day. The excavations were carried out by Dr. Y.D. Sharma of Archaeological Survey of India. The migration of the Harappans to Rupar has been postulated through the lost Saraswati River to the Sutlej as both rivers once belonged to one system.
At Rupar excavation, the lowest levels yielded the Harappan traits in Period 1, which falls in the proto-historic period. A major find was a steatite seal in the Indus script used for the authentication of trading goods, impression of seal on a terracotta lump of burnt clay, chert blades, copper implements, terracotta beads and bangles and typical standardized pottery of Indus Valley Civilization. They flourished in all the Harappan cities and townships.
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