🗺 State & UT profiles

Haryana

Population (2011)25,353,081

Density (per sq km)573

Urban population (%)34.79

Kingdoms and empires19

Events on the map9

🗺 Geography

⛰ Land and rivers

Physiographic divisions: The Northern Plain (part of the state), The Indian Desert (Marusthali) (part of the state)

Rivers: Yamuna

Physical India →

⚠ Natural hazards

Floods — Flash floods in recent decades
Landslides — Largely safe

Natural hazards →

🌿 Protected areas and natural heritage

Ramsar wetlands (2): Sultanpur National Park, Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary

Climate & life → · Water & protected areas →

🏭 Resources and economy

Crops: Rice, Wheat, Bajra, Sugarcane, Cotton

Industries: Sugar

Resources & economy →

📜 History

👑 Who held this land

Kingdoms, empires and cultures whose territory, as drawn on our map, covered a large part of today’s Haryana, or that were based here. Extents are approximate, so treat this as a guide to who held the region — not as exact borders.

Indus / Harappan Civilization c. 3,300–1,300 BCE

Ochre Coloured Pottery Culture c. 2,000–1,500 BCE

Early Vedic Communities c. 1,500–1,000 BCE

Kuru c. 1,200–350 BCE

Later Vedic Polities c. 1,000–600 BCE

Magadha c. 700–321 BCE

Mauryan Empire c. 321–185 BCE

Yaudheya Republic c. 200 BCE – c. 350 CE · based here

Kushan Empire c. 30 CE – c. 375 CE

Gupta Empire c. 240 CE – c. 550 CE

Alchon Huns (Hunas) c. 460 CE – c. 560 CE

Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) Dynasty c. 500 CE – c. 647 CE

Gurjara-Pratihara Empire c. 730 CE – c. 1036

Tomaras of Delhi c. 736 CE – c. 1152

Ghurid Empire c. 1175 – 1206

Delhi Sultanate 1206 – 1526

Mughal Empire 1526 – 1857

Sur Empire 1540 – 1556

British East India Company 1600 – 1858

3,300 BCE1950

📅 Events in Haryana

c. 4,000 BCE Hakra-ware villages at Bhirrana and Kunal · Bhirrana
606 CE Harsha becomes king · Thanesar
1191 First Battle of Tarain · Tarain
1192 ★ Second Battle of Tarain · Tarain
1240 Razia Sultana deposed and killed · Kaithal
1526 ★ First Battle of Panipat · Panipat
1556 ★ Second Battle of Panipat · Panipat
1739 ★ Nadir Shah sacks Delhi · Karnal / Delhi
1761 ★ Third Battle of Panipat · Panipat

🏛 Historic places

Rakhigarhic. 3,300 BCE

🎨 People and culture

👥 2011 Census

Population: 25,353,081
Share of India’s population (%): 2.09
Density (per sq km): 573
Decadal growth 2001–11 (%): 19.9
Urban population (%): 34.79
Work participation rate (%): 35.2

People →

🎨 Art & culture

Nothing listed for this state on this page yet.

Art & culture →

Geography: features are those on our Geography map that cover a good part of the state (or that NCERT places in it); hazards, reserves, crops, minerals, industries and ports are where NCERT, UNESCO or the Ramsar list name or place them. Census figures are for 2011, as NCERT prints them.

How this is made: nothing here is new — it is YugMap’s own map data sorted by today’s states. A kingdom is listed if its territory on our map covered at least 40% of the state at some point, or if its centre or capital lies here; events and places are listed where their map point falls inside the state. State outlines follow India’s official map.