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 '''Ahar''' ('''Ahar Mahadev''') is a village situated in the [[Anupshahr]] Tehsil of the [[Bulandshahr district]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. It is located 11.98 kilometres from the Mandal headquarters in Anupshahr and is 39.09 kilometres from the district headquarters in [[Bulandshahar]].
-Villages nearby include Mohammadpur Bangar (2.4&nbsp;km), Bamanpur (2.9&nbsp;km), [[Aurangabad, Bulandshahr|Aurangabad Tahapur Bager]] (3.5&nbsp;km), Mauharsa (3.6&nbsp;km), Daravar (4.0&nbsp;km), Hasanpur Bangar (4.1&nbsp;km), and Pachdevra (4.7&nbsp;km). Ahar is located on the banks of the [[Ganges]] and is known for its temples dedicated to [[Shiva]] and [[Avantika]].
+There is a dargah in Ahar which is very famous since ancient times, Dargah Syed Ali Hussain Shah, and Syed Ajaj Hussain Shah, in whose memory Urs is celebrated with great pomp every year.
 == History ==
-The history of Bulandshahar (Ahar Mahadev) begins even before 1200 B.C. This region is nearer to the capital of [[Pandava]]s - [[Indraprasth]] and [[Hastinapur]]. With passes of time the king Parma made a fort on this part of region and a king named Ahibaran laid the foundation of a tower called Baran (Bulandshahr). Since it was perched on a highland it came to be known as high city which was translated into passion language as Bulandshahr.<ref>Brief Industrial Profile Of District BULANDSHAHAR</ref><ref>http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/14%20DIPS%20Bulandshahar1.pdf</ref>
+Ahar is identified with the early medieval city of '''Tattānandapura''', which is described in 10 different inscriptions ranging between 867 and 904 CE.<!-- Chattopadhyaya 1994, p. 134 --> Most of these deal with the purchase of houses and house sites in the city, mostly by the local temple of Kāñcanaśrīdevī.<!-- Chattopadhyaya 1994, p. 144 --> Although fragmentary, evidence from the Ahar inscriptions provides a picture of what Tattānandapura was like at the time.<!-- Thakur says something similar, but honestly this sentence probably doesn't need a reference --><ref name="Chattopadhyaya 1994"/>{{rp|134, 44}}
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'''Ahar''' ('''Ahar Mahadev''') is a village situated in the [[Anupshahr]] Tehsil of the [[Bulandshahr district]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. It is located 11.98 kilometres from the Mandal headquarters in Anupshahr and is 39.09 kilometres from the district headquarters in [[Bulandshahar]].

Villages nearby include Mohammadpur Bangar (2.4 km), Bamanpur (2.9 km), [[Aurangabad, Bulandshahr|Aurangabad Tahapur Bager]] (3.5 km), Mauharsa (3.6 km), Daravar (4.0 km), Hasanpur Bangar (4.1 km), and Pachdevra (4.7 km). Ahar is located on the banks of the [[Ganges]] and is known for its temples dedicated to [[Shiva]] and [[Avantika]].

== History ==
The history of Bulandshahar (Ahar Mahadev) begins even before 1200 B.C. This region is nearer to the capital of [[Pandava]]s - [[Indraprasth]] and [[Hastinapur]]. With passes of time the king Parma made a fort on this part of region and a king named Ahibaran laid the foundation of a tower called Baran (Bulandshahr). Since it was perched on a highland it came to be known as high city which was translated into passion language as Bulandshahr.<ref>Brief Industrial Profile Of District BULANDSHAHAR</ref><ref>http://dcmsme.gov.in/dips/14%20DIPS%20Bulandshahar1.pdf</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Ahar-Banas culture]]

== References ==
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