Jajmau also known as Jajesmow
during British Era, is a suburb of
Kanpur
Kanpur (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. It was the primary ...
, India. It is situated on the banks of the
Ganges River
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, and is an
industrial suburb
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. It has the population of about 652,831 according to the census of 2011. The area comes under the jurisdiction of
Kanpur metropolitan area. Jajmau is famous for its leather productions and
tanneries, and has been recognized as one of the oldest sites in Kanpur.
Name
According to Paul Whalley, the name ''Jājmaū'' may be related to Sanskrit ''
yajña'', meaning "sacrifice", which became
Old Hindi ''jaj''. It could have gotten this name because the site was originally given to a priest who performed a sacrifice. The ending ''-maū'' could come from Sanskrit
maryādā', meaning "shore" or "bank", or it could be a contraction of the name of the
mahuā tree.
Geography
The city's coordinates are 26.4670° North and 80.3500° East, placing it 83 km from Lucknow. Jajmau is situated near the Ganges. The sub metro area of 40 km
2 extends from Bibipur in the south to Chandar Nagar in the north and Ramadevi in the east to Jajmau extension in the west.
History
The archaeological site of Jajmau is a large mound on the banks of
Ganges
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river, known as the ''Jajmau ka tila''.
Copper hoard artefacts and
Painted Grey Ware (PGW) sherds were found from the surface deposits of the mound. In 1956, at the time of the construction of the national highway and Jajamu bridge, remains of an ancient settlement were discovered there. Excavations were carried out by the
Archaeological Survey of India and the Uttar Pradesh State Archaeology Department in 1956–58 and 1973–78. During the excavations in 1977–78, an ivory seal with ''Vasalas'' inscribed in
Brahmi was found. A historian, Girish Chandra Singh, said that ''Vasalas'' is an epithet of the ancient
Maurya emperor
Chandragupta.
Climate
The climate of Jajmau is hot in summer and warm in winter. Jajmau experiences heavy fog in December and January. Rains appear between July and September, almost at the end of the regular monsoon season. Some rainfall is recorded during the harvest season of March–April.
Religion
Sister cities
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, Palestine
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