Asthal Bohar
Asthal Bohar | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Asthal Bohar Location in Haryana, India Asthal Bohar Asthal Bohar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 28°52′23″N 76°38′31″E / 28.873°N 76.642°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Rohtak |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 11,267 of Bohar[1] and 2,894 of Garhi Bohar[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR |
Asthal Bohar, also known as Bohar, is a village on the outskirts of Rohtak city in Rohtak District, Haryana, India.[1][3] Asthal means Bairagi Monastery.[4] Jain, Nath Shaivite and Brahminical images were found in Asthal Bohr monastery.[5] A seventh century AD statue of Parshvanatha, twenty-third Jain tirthankara, was found in the village.[6]
It has a railway station on Rewari-Rohtak line.
References
Citations
- ^ a b "Bohar (Part)". 2011 Census of India. Government of India. Archived from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ "Garhi Bohar". 2011 Census of India. Government of India. Archived from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ^ Rohtak District, Haryana Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, publisher: CGWB, retrieved: 4 May 2014
- ^ "Page 178 of Haryana Gazetteer (Rohtak Division) of 1910" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 May 2021.
- ^ Vyas 1995, p. 67.
- ^ Vyas 1995, pp. 67–68.
Sources
- Vyas, Dr. R. T., ed. (1995), Studies in Jaina Art and Iconography and Allied Subjects, The Director, Oriental Institute, on behalf of the Registrar, M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, ISBN 81-7017-316-7