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Rohtak Travel Guide

Rohtak is identified with Rohitaka, mentioned in the Mahabyharatha. It was possibly the capital of Bahudhanyaks ( meaning land of plenty ) under the Yaudheyas. It is said to be a corruption of Rohtasgarh, a name still applied to the ruined sites ( Khokrakot) of two older cities. According to tradition the city was built by Raja Rohtas after whom it has been named. The archeological finds discovered here suggest traces of he Indus valley civilization. Nakula, the Pandava warrior, advanced on Rohitaka, according to "Mattamayuraka". The coin moulds of the Yaudheya tribe discovered at Khokra Kot show their rule to have lasted from 159 BC to 350 AD. Apart from Haryana, the Yaudheya territory extended over tracts in Uttarpradesh and Rajasthan. Rohtak is strategically situated, lying on the roue from the North-West through the Delhi gateway to the broad and fertile Gangetic plains.
The boundaries of Rohtak have been changing from time to time. In 1911 its area was increased by the inclusion of the Sonepat tehsil, which was till then a part of the Delhi district. Sonepat has now become a district itself, with gohana, another Rohtak tehsil, incarporated in it. The population of the district has similarly been undegoing changes. Most of the Muslim Rangars, mainly concentrated in Rohtak town, left in 1947 and in their place have come refugees, inflating its population, so that Rohtak now is one of the largest towns in Haryana.