Kheri Jalab is a village and an

Indus Valley civilization The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form 2600 BCE to 1900&n ...

site, located in

Hisar District Hisar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, India. Hisar city serves as the district headquarters. Hisar district has four sub-divisions that is, Hisar, Barwala, Hansi and Narnaud, each headed by an SDM. The district is also part of H ...

of the state of

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

in India.

Demography

The village is home to people of Sheoran Boora,

Punia Punia can refer to: * ''Punia'' (cicada), a genus of cicadas *Punia, Lithuania, a town in Lithuania *Puniya Poonia or Punia is a clan (or gotra) of Jats. Notable people who bear the surname and may or may not be associated with the clan include: ...

, Kadian,

Khatkar The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and su ...

, Bhardwaj and some other sub castes of Jat community. The most dominating caste is Jat though some other castes also live in the village. The jat community has a lot of influence over the village.

Baba Sandokh Nath

The whole village are devotees of Baba but there are about 150 to 200 people and children of the village who always attend the evening

aarti ''Arti'' (Sanskrit: Ārātrika, Hindi: Ārtī) is a Hindu ritual employed in worship, often part of '' puja'', in which light (usually from a flame) is offered to one or more deities. ''Arti(s)'' also refers to the songs sung in praise of the d ...

of Baba Sandhokh Nath, a local

guru Guru ( sa, गुरु, IAST: ''guru;'' Pali'': garu'') is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field. In pan-Indian traditions, a guru is more than a teacher: traditionally, the guru is a reverentia ...

of the village. The Baba Sandokh Nath is worshipped by many nearby villages and other villages in Haryana. The ladies of the village gather at the local temple and do

satsang A satsanga (), also rendered satsang, refers to the practice of gathering in the company of good people for the performance of devotional activities. It also refers to an audience with a Satguru for yogic instruction. Satsangas are group events, o ...

and pray for the well-being of the village. The people proform the aarti in the evening time.

Education

* Government College, Kheri Chopta22 new government colleges for Haryana
13 Oct 2016.

Indus Valley Civilization Site

Kheri Jalab is an early-Harappan

site. Bolstering the status of Rakhigarhi as the largest

metropolis on the banks of

Drishadvati river The Drishadvati river (IAST:, "She with many stones") is a river hypothesized by Indologists to identify the route of the Vedic river Saraswati and the state of ''Brahmavarta''. According to ''Manusmriti'', the ''Brahmavarta'', where the Rishis co ...

(current day paleochannel of

Chautang The Chautang is a seasonal river, originating in the Sivalik Hills, in the Indian state of Haryana. The Chautang River is a tributary of the Sarsuti river which in turn is a tributary of the Ghaggar river. Origin and route The Chautang river i ...

), at least 23 other Indus Valley Civilization sites within 5 km (at 4 sites), 10 km (at least 10 sites) and 15 km (at least 9 sites) radius of Rakhigarhi have been discovered till 2001. Some of the raw materials were procured from the nodal ''Rakhigarhi'' site and finished products were brought back to the nodal ''Rakhigarhi'' site for marketing. Within 5 km radius are early Harappan (4600 BCE – 2800 BCE) site of Gamra and mature Harappan (2600 BCE – 1400 BCE) sites of Budana,

Haibatpur Haibatpur is a village in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located from Kapurthala, which is both district and sub-district headquarters of Haibatpur. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch who is an elected representativ ...

and Lohari Ragho 3. Within 5 km to 10 km radius, early Harappan sites are Lohari Ragho 1, Lohari Ragho 2 and

Kheri Lochab Kheri is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Lakhimpur Kheri district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. History According to the 1908 British publication "The Imperial Gazetteer of India"(volume: XV): '' . H. Butler, Settlement Report (1901) ...

-Kheri Jalab. Mature Harappan small farmstead sites are

Milakpur Milakpur is a village situated in the Bhiwani district of Haryana, India. Milakpur comes under Hisar (Lok Sabha constituency), which is represented in Lok Sabha by Dushyant Chautala of INLD. The village serves under the jurisdiction of Bhiwani ...

and

Gunkali Gunakri is a raga in Hindustani classical music. Some consider it to be the same as the raga, Gunkali, while others consider the two to be distinct ragas. Gunakri is usually used in the khyal and dhrupad Dhrupad is a genre in Hindustani clas ...

. Small farmstead sites of Kinnar,

Nara The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an " independent federal agency of the United States government within the executive branch", charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records. It i ...

and

Mirchpur Mirchpur is an Indus Valley civilization site and village in Narnaund, Hissar district, Haryana, India. Demographics of 2011 As of 2011 India census, Mirchpur had a population of 8737 in 1670 households. Males (4706) constitute 53.85% of the ...

have material from both mature and late Harappan period. late Harappan (after 1400 BCE) sites are Sotha and Gandaswala Khera. Within 5 km to 10 km radius are early, mature and late Harrpan sites. To the north-west of Rakhigarhi are Panhari, Gyanpura, Sotha, Kagsar, Sulchani and south-west of Rakhigarhi are Sisai 1, 2 and 3, Rajpura 2,

Pali Pali () is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language native to the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of the Buddhist ''Pāli Canon'' or ''Tipiṭaka'' as well as the sacred language of ''Theravāda'' Buddhism ...

and

Masudpur Masudpur is a village and Indus Valley civilization (4700 BCE to 1400 BCE) archaeological site in the Hisar district in Haryana state in India. Indus Valley Civilization Site ''Masudpur'' is an early Harappan (4600 BCE - 2800 BCE), mature ...

External links

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References