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The Mahabharata landscape

The Kuru heartland and the places the Mahabharata marks — the field of the war, the old capital, and a Pandava-legend temple on the Yamuna. Close, flat, and easy to do in a weekend.

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Delhi to Kurukshetra

Kurukshetra, around Thanesar in Haryana, is the landscape the Mahabharata places the great war on.

Best Oct–Mar

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Delhi to Hastinapur

Hastinapur, near Meerut, is where the Mahabharata places the Kuru capital — low mounds, an ASI site and a small museum.

Best Oct–Mar

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Delhi to Lakhamandal & the Kalsi Edict

Lakhamandal, on the Yamuna in the Jaunsar country below Chakrata, is a group of stone temples from around the 6th–8th centuries, the main one a fine Nagara…

Best Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov

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