PROCEEDINGS OF THE Haryana History Congress 4th Session PROCEEDINGS OF THE Haryana History Congress 4th Session (M. D. University, Rohtak) 11th-12th November, 2019 Editors Dr. Sajjan Kumar Dr. Jagdish Parshad Dr. Mohinder Singh Haryana History Congress 2020 PROCEEDINGS OF THE Haryana History Congress 4th Session © Haryana History Congress, 2020 Price : 300/- ISBN : 978-81-934167-3-0 Published by HARYANA HISTORY CONGRESS WZ-D/20A, Om Vihar, Phase III, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi-110059 Email: [email protected] Website : www.haryanahistorycongress.com The responsibility for the facts or opinions expressed is entirely of the author and not the HHC or Editors. LIST OF OFFICE BEARER AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE For 4th Session General President : Prof. J.S. Dhankhar, MDU, Rohtak Ancient Section President : Dr. Garima Kaushik. ASI, Chandigarh Circle Medieval Section President : Dr. Subhash Parihar, CUP, Bathinda Modern Section President : Prof. S.S Sohal, GNDU, Amritsar Velidectory : Dr. K. S. Gupta, MLSU, Udaipur OFFICE BEARERS President : Dr. Yasvir Singh Principal, JVMGRR College, Charkhi Dadri Vice President : Dr. Rajesh Kumar Director, (JPL), ICHR, New Delhi General Secretary : Dr. Sajjan Kumar Asst. Prof, Dept. of History, University of Delhi Joint Secretary : Dr. Atul Yadav Associate Prof., Govt. P.G. College Ambala Cant. Treasurer : Sh. Anil Yadav Asst. Prof, Dept. of History, K.L.P. College, Rewari EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS 1. Dr. Mohinder Singh, Head of Department,C.D.L. University, Sirsa 2. Dr. Parveen S. Phogat, Associate Prof., Govt. College, Gurgaon 3. Dr. M. S. Bagi, Associate Prof., Govt. P.G. College, Sec. 14, Karnal 4. Dr. Vijender Singh Dhull, Assistant Prof., Kurukshetra University 5. Dr. Rakesh Kumar, Assistant Prof, G.C. Lakhan Mazara 6. Dr. Vijay Kumar, Assistant Prof, SPM College, New Delhi 7. Dr. Vikas Pawar, Assistant Prof., M. D. University, Rohtak 8. Dr. Jagdish Parshad, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi 9. Mrs. Pushpa Rani, Assistant Prof., HG College, Sonepat 10. Mrs. Sudesh, Assistant Prof., M.M. Jhojhu Kalan, Dadri CONTENTS Preface xiii 1. A Survey of Urbanization in Haryana with 1 Special Reference to Hisar (Presidential Address) Prof. Jaiveer S. Dhankhar 2. The Megaliths of Adi Badri 24 (Presidential Address : Ancient Section) Dr. Garima Kaushik 3. Sun Sculpture from Beri and description of Sun 36 in Sanskrit Texts Prof. Manmohan Sharma 4. Archaeological Investigation of Gohana Tehsil, 41 District Sonipat, Haryana Parveen Kumar 5. Haryana as passing through early phases of history 49 Dr. Suruchi Sharma 6. 52 7. 62 viii Haryana History Congress - 4th Session 8. 71 9. 82 10. Medieval Archaeology of Haryana 90 (Presidential Address : Medieval Section) Dr. Subhash Parihar 11. 128 12. Trading Routs in Medieval Haryana 132 Vikas Malik 13. Baolis of Haryana, its Challenges, Conservation 135 and Heritage Management Vinit Bhanwala 14. 146 15. Situating the Ambala Uprising of 1857 : 157 A Retrospective Appraisal (Presidential Address : Modern Section) Dr. Sukhdev Singh Sohal 16. Challenge & Punishment: A Study of Trial 169 of Nawab Abdur Rehman Khan of Jhajjar Dr. Mahender Singh Bagi 17. Seclusion, Subordination and Inferiority: 178 Women's Education in Haryana Dr. Nirmala Shah Haryana History Congress - 4th Session ix 18. The Revolt of 1857: A Case Study of Rohtak (Haryana) 188 Dr. Uma Shanker Singh 19. Arya Samaj and Freedom Movement in Haryana 195 Dr. Sukhbir Singh 20. Role of Ambala Division of Punjab Province 201 in the first word war 1914-1918 A.D Simran 21. Analysing Road Network of Ambala Division 210 under British Rule Dr. Jaswinder Kaur 22. 218 23. 225 24. 235 25. 243 26. 258 27. 266 28. 274 x Haryana History Congress - 4th Session ABSTRACTS 1. Urban Morphology of Historic Core 279 of Hansi, Haryana Ashita Agarwal 2. Value of weapons and strategies of Maharana Pratap: 280 Case Studies of War of Haldighati and War of Diwer Sangeet Tomar 3. Gandhi's Leadership in Indian Freedom Struggle : 281 1930 - 1947 A Critical Understanding Ajay Singh 4. Electoral Politics in Punjab: A Synoptic Study of 282 Shiromani Akali Dal Dr. Pravat Ranjan Sethi, Narpinder Singh Nagra 5. Exploring Initiatives for Enhancing 283 Farmers' Income in Haryana Dr. Lalit Kumar 6. Grappling with History: Sikh Politicians 284 and the Past Dr. Pravat Ranjan Sethi Vishal Sharma 7. The Khaljis and the Tughlaqs in Haryana 285 Supriya Dhanda 8. Contribution of Sir Chhotu Ram in 286 Freedom Struggle of Haryana Sube Singh 9. 287 10. 288 Haryana History Congress - 4th Session xi 11. 289 12. 290 13. 291 14. 292 List of Members 293 Audit Reports 299 Paper Sumission Guidelines 302 PREFACE The present proceeding contains selected papers of the 4th Annual Conference of Haryana History Congress under the theme Any aspect related to History and Culture of Haryana held on November 11-12, 2019. The National Conference, which was organized by Haryana History Congress collaboration with the Department of History and Archaeology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak (Haryana). The Congress has accepted more than 100 abstracts. After an initial review of the submitted abstracts, more than 60 papers were presented at the conference. Finally, after a peer review process, 28 full papers and 14 abstract of the papers were accepted for publication in the 4th Conference Proceeding. The published papers have passed the process of improvement accommodating the discussion during the conference as well as editing by the editors. On behalf of Haryana History Congress, I grateful to our General President (for 4th Session) Prof. Jaiveer Singh Dhankhar, Professor and Head, Department of History and Archaeology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak (Haryana); Chief Guest, Prof. Rajbir Singh, Vice Chancellor, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, and Guest of Honour, Prof. Nina Singh, Dean of Social Sciences, the same university for accepting invitation and giving their valuable time. I am very grateful to renowned scholars Dr. Garima Kaushik, Assistant Archaeologist, Chandigarh Circle, ASI, Chandigarh for preside the Ancient Section with her topic “The Megaliths of Adi Badri”; Dr. Subhash Parihar, Associate Professor (Retd.), Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (Punjab) for preside the Medieval Section with his topic “Medieval Archaeology of xiv Haryana History Congress - 4th Session Haryana”; and Prof. Sukhdev Singh Sohal, formerly Department of History, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (Punjab) for preside the Modern Section with his topic “Situating the Ambala Uprising of 1857: A Retrospective Appraisal” respectively. I am also thankful to Prof. K. S. Gupta, formerly Dean, Head, Department of History, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur and in present member of Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi for delivering his valuable valedictory address. And also thanks to our guests of honour to Prof. Ramsajan Pandey, Vice Chancellor, Baba Mastnath University, Asthal Bohar Rohtak, Haryana; Prof. R. C. Thakran, formerly Provost and Head Department of History, University of Delhi, Delhi and Prof. B. D. Yadav, formerly Head, Department of History, M. D. University, Rohtak for delivering their valuable and energetic addresses on valedictory session. The topics that have been covered in the conference include: art history, terracotta’s, settlements, archaeology, sultanate and mughal history, inscriptions, hand written documents, economic and modern history of Haryana, architecture, and gender etc. I really congratulate to the team of Haryana History Congress and Department of History and Archaeology, M.D.U. Rohtak for to make a successful academic session of 4th conference and the better improvement in this session compared with previous sessions. My special thanks to Prof. Rajbir Singh, Vice Chancellor, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak; Prof. Nina Singh, Dean of Social Sciences and Director of Chaudhary Ranbir Singh Institute of Social & Economic Change; and Prof. Jaiveer Singh Dhankhar, Professor and Head, Department of History and Archaeology the same university for providing the beautiful campus and well equipped auditorium Swaraj Sadan with technical staff. I am grateful to my teachers (retd./present) of the Department of History, M.D. U., Rohtak for their presence in whole time and valuable suggestions and encourage the young scholar for presenting his/her papers. Dr. Sajjan Kumar, Convener of the conference; Dr. Vikas Pawar, Local Organizing Secretary; Dr. Aprajita Hooda, Joint Local Organizing Secretary; other respected faculty and non teaching staff members, specially for Sh. Darpan Singh, research scholars and students of the Department of History and Archaeology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak for their Haryana History Congress - 4th Session xv unforgettable cooperation and support the organising a wonderful conference at Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak. And my special thanks to Ms. Supriya Dhanda, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Aggarwal College Ballabgarh for her wonderful and enjoyfull anchoring in inaugural and valedictory sessions in the conference. I would also like to heartiest acknowledge for our funding agency, Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi for providing finance assistance continuingly in last four sessions. I would like to thanks all the editors for giving their precious time, effort in editing and reviewing the papers for the proceeding. I am also grateful to Sh. Puneet for their cooperation in composing, layout setting and provide the proceeding in time. Finally, I would like to thanks