Atari is a town of

Khanewal District Khanewal District (Urdu and pnb, ) is a district of the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab province of Pakistan.Khanewal , Punjab Portal. Retrieved 16 January 2022, from https://www.punjab.gov.pk/khanewal According to the 1998 census of Pakistan, the d ...

in the

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province of

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. It is located at 30°26'53N 71°57'4E at an altitude of 252 metres (830 ft) Location of Atari - Falling Rain Genomics
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Tulamba Tulamba (also Tulambah) ( ur, ) is a small town in Punjab, Pakistan. Tulamba is situated on the eastern edge of the Ravi River, between the cities of Abdul Hakeem and Mian Channu. Prior to 1985 Tulamba belonged to the district of Multan, bu ...

.Atāri - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6, p. 121.
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History

The town of Atari is located near to a ruined fortress, once evidently of great strength, and was identified by

Alexander Cunningham Major General Sir Alexander Cunningham (23 January 1814 – 28 November 1893) was a British Army engineer with the Bengal Engineer Group who later took an interest in the history and archaeology of India. In 1861, he was appointed to the newly ...

with the city of the Brahmans, the third city taken by

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon ( grc, wikt:Ἀλέξανδρος, Ἀλέξανδρος, Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Maced ...

in his invasion of India and its subsequent merger into the Hellenic Empire. The citadel is square and high, surrounded by a ditch now almost undistinguishable, and having a central tower in height. On two sides stretch the remains of an ancient town, forming a massive mound covered with huge bricks, whose size attests their great antiquity. No tradition exists as to the origin or history of these remains, and the name of the old city is unknown.

References

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