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Hazara (Pakistan)
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The Hazara region is located in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan.
This region was formerly called Hazara Division until as part of administrative shake up the division was abolished . Although the Division has been abolished by the government, the identity and name has still retained been and is used in other areas. For example the University of Hazara based in Mansehra provides higher education to people of the region. The city of Abbottabad was the capital of the division[1]
Mahabharata evidence [2], combined with evidence from 7th c Chinese traveler Hiuen Tsang [3] attests that Hazara District of Kashmir had formed part of epic Kamboja and that the Kamboja rulers of this region observed republican system of government [4].
The population of the Hazara region was estimated to be over 4.5 million in 2005. The total area of Hazara is 18013 km²: See table below.
| District | Area (km²) | Population (Millions) |
| Abbottabad | 1802 | 1 |
| Batagram | 910 | 0.5 |
| Haripur | 1763 | 0.7 |
| Kohistan | 7581 | 0.6 |
| Mansehra | 5957 | 1.4 |
- ^ Hazara -Nordisk familjebok
- ^ MBH 7.4.5; 7/91/39-40.
- ^ Watters, Yuan Chawang, Vol I, p 284.
- ^ See refs: Mahabharata 7/91/39-40; Political History of Ancient India, 1996, p 133, 218/220, Dr H. C. Raychaudhury, Dr B. N. Mukerjee; History of India – 1944, P 94; Narendra Krishna Sinha, Anil Chandra Banerjee; Chilas: The City of Nanga Parvat (Dyamar) – 1983, Page 120, Ahmad Hasan Dani; Indological Studies – 1950, P 18, Dr B. C. Law; A Companion to Middle Indo-Aryan Literature – 1977, P 168, Suresh Chandra Banerji; A Companion to Sanskrit Literature: spanning a period of over three thousand years, containing... – 1971, P 486, Sures Chandra Banerji; Asoka - P 31, Dr R. G. Bhandarkar; J.N. Banerjea Volume: A Collection of Articles by His Friends and Pupils, 1960, p 18, University of Calcutta. Dept. of Ancient Indian History and Culture. Alumni Association.
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