Asthal Bohar, also known as Bohar, is a village on the outskirts of Rohtak city in Rohtak District, Haryana, India.[1][3] Asthal means Bairagi Monastery.[4] Jain, Nath Shaivite and Brahminical images were found in Asthal Bohr monastery.[5] A seventh century AD statue of Parshvanatha, twenty-third Jain tirthankara, was found in the village.[6]

Asthal Bohar
Village
Asthal Bohar is located in Haryana
Asthal Bohar
Asthal Bohar
Location in Haryana, India
Asthal Bohar is located in India
Asthal Bohar
Asthal Bohar
Asthal Bohar (India)
Coordinates: 28°52′23″N 76°38′31″E / 28.873°N 76.642°E / 28.873; 76.642
CountryIndia
StateHaryana
DistrictRohtak
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
11,267 of Bohar[1] and 2,894 of Garhi Bohar[2]
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-HR
Vehicle registrationHR

It has a railway station on Rewari-Rohtak line.[citation needed]


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  1. ^ a b "Bohar (Part)". 2011 Census of India. Government of India. Archived from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Garhi Bohar". 2011 Census of India. Government of India. Archived from the original on 19 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
  3. ^ Rohtak District, Haryana Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine, publisher: CGWB, retrieved: 4 May 2014
  4. ^ "Page 178 of Haryana Gazetteer (Rohtak Division) of 1910" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 May 2021.
  5. ^ Vyas 1995, p. 67.
  6. ^ Vyas 1995, pp. 67–68.

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