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=Agroha=

''' The lost kingdom of Maharaja Agrasena '''

'' India Harmony '' VOLUME - 1 : ISSUE - 5 JULY-AUGUST, 2012

It is a matter of great
pride to all Indians
when Billionaire
Laxmi Mittal is
internationally
recognized as one of
the world's richest
Indians. Another
such international
celebrity is Anil
Agarwal, Chairman
of Vedanta Group,
who has created
ripples in the Global
mining business. Then there are the leading agarwal
business families from Haryana, the Jindal Group and
Subhash Chandra Goyal of Zee telefilms. What do
these families share in common? How did they scale
such great heights in such a short period? Could it be
because they are all from the Agarwal community and
are descendants of the renowned King Agrasen?

[[File: Maharaja Agrasen.png|Maharaja Agrasen|frame|500px]]

Agrawals are basically a commercial community or
Vaishyas. They are one of the most respectable and
enterprising of mercantile tribes. Two of Emperor
Akbar's famous ministers are said to have been
Agrawals, viz, Todarmal, who introduced an
assessment of land, and Madhushah, who introduced
'Madhushahi' pice.

[[File: Shri Laxmi Mittal.png| Shri Laxmi Mittal|frame|500px]]

Maharaja Agrasena was a legendary Indian king of
Agroha in India, a city of traders, from whom the
Agrawal and Agrahari community claims descent. He
is credited with the establishment of a kingdom of
traders in North India, and is known for his compassion
in refusing to slaughter animals in yajnas.

[[File: Shri Subhash Chandra Goyal.png| Shri Subhash Chandra Goyal|frame|500px]]

Agrasen is known to be a king of the Solar Dynasty
who adopted Vanika dharma for the benefit of his
people. Literally, Agrawal means the "children of
Agrasena" or the "people of Agroha", a city in ancient
Kuru Panchala, near Hisar in Haryana said to be
founded by Agrasena. Noted Hindi author Bharatendu
Harishchandra (himself an Agrawal) wrote Agarwalon
ki Utpatti (The origin of Agrawals) in 1871, based on
an account in the Mahalaksmi Vrat Katha manuscript.
According to this account, Maharaja Agrasena was a
Suryavanshi Kshatriya king, born during the last stages
of Dwapar Yuga in the Mahabharat epic era; he was
contemporary of Lord Krishna. Agrasen ki Baoli in
Delhi is believed to be originally built by the king
Agrasen during the Mahabharat epic era and rebuilt in
the 14th century by the Agrawal community, who
traces its origin to King Agrasen.

[[File: Shri Anil Aggarwal.png| Shri Anil Aggarwal|frame|500px]]

All this may have passed off as a legendary tale had it
not been for the discovery of the Agroha mound
located about 1.5 km from Agroha village in Hisar
District. Buried under the mound were the remains of
an ancient town found during excavations in 1859.
These remains caused great excitement in the Agarwal
community and in 1976 the Agroha Vikas Trust was
established by the All India Aggarwal Sabha. The
ancient capital of King Agrasen had been discovered
and the community finally found its roots.

[[File: Shri OP Jindal.png| Shri OP Jindal|frame|500px]]

How Agroha became the capital of Maharaj Agrasen's
empire makes interesting reading. Agrasena was the
eldest son of the King Ballabh of Pratapnagar.

[[File: Remains of the lost kingdom.png|Remains of the lost kingdom|frame|500px]]

Agrasena attended the swayamvara of Madhavi, the
daughter of the King Nagaraj. However, Indra, the God
of Heaven and also the Lord of storms and rainfall,
wanted to marry Madhavi, but she chose Agrasena as
her husband. A furious Indra decided to take revenge
by making sure that Pratapnagar did not receive any
rain. As a result, a famine struck Agrasen's kingdom,
who then decided to wage a war against Indra. Sage
Narada was approached by Indra, who mediated peace
between Agrasena and Indra. The condition was that
Agrasena and Madhavi must leave Pratapnagar forever.

[[File: Agrasen ki bauli at Delhi.png|Agrasen ki bauli at Delhi|frame|500px]]

Agrasena started a severe tapasya (penance) to
propitiate Lord Shiva in the city of Kashi. Shiva was
pleased with the penance and advised him to propitiate
Goddess Mahalakshmi. Agrasena began to meditate on
Mahalakshmi, who appeared before him and blessed
him. She urged Agrasena (who was a Kshatriya) to take
up the Vaishya tradition of business for the sake of the
prosperity of his people. She asked him to establish a
new kingdom, and promised that she would bless his
descendants with prosperity.

[[File: Shri Naresh Goyal.png| Shri Naresh Goyal|frame|500px]]

Agrasena then traveled all over India with his queen to
select a place for a new kingdom. At one point during
his travels, he found a few tiger cubs and wolfs cubs
playing together. To King Agrasena and Queen
Madhavi, this was an indication that the area was
veerabhoomi (land of the brave) and they decided to
found their new kingdom at that location. The place
was named Agroha. Agroha is situated near present day
Hisar in Haryana.

[[File: Hon'ble Vice President of India with All India Aggarwal Sabha.png| Hon'ble Vice President of India with All India Aggarwal Sabha|frame|500px]]

Under the leadership of Agrasena, Agroha became very
prosperous. Legend has it that a hundred thousand
traders lived in the city at its heyday. An immigrant
wishing to settle in the city would be given a rupee and
a brick by each of the inhabitants of the city. Thus, he
would have a hundred thousand bricks to build a house
for himself, and a hundred thousand rupees to start a
new business.

Another legend recounts that Agrasena conducted 18
mahayajnas ("Great yajnas"). During one such yajna,
Agrasena noticed that a horse that had been brought to
be sacrificed was trying hard to get away from the
sacrificial altar. Seeing this Maharaj Agrasena was
filled with compassion for the animal. The idea of
ahimsa (non-violence) grabbed his mind. Therefore, he
put a stop to his eighteenth yajna, and announced that
no further sacrifices would be made in his kingdom in
the name of yajnas.

The kingdom of Agrasen flourished and extended from
the Himalayas, Punjab, the Yamuna valley, and the
Mewar region. Agra was the capital of the southern
part of the kingdom. The other important regions were
Gurgaon (ancient Gaudagrama), the mother goddess of
this place is revered by Agrawals; Meerut, Rohtak,
Hansi, Panipat, Karnal, and Kotkangra. Mandi,
Vilaspur, Garhwal, Narnaul were also parts of the
kingdom. Agroha was the capital of this large empire.

Agrasena divided his kingdom among his 18 children,
resulting in eighteen Agrawal gotras. Often, the number
of gotras is stated to be seventeen. In the letter part of
his life, Agrasena nominated his eldest son Vibhu to the
throne and took up the Vanaprastha ashram
(Renunciation). Gradually, the city of Agroha declined
and was finally destroyed in a huge fire. The residents
of Agroha i.e. the Agrawals moved out of Agroha and
spread to other parts of India. Seventeen and a half
gotras of Agrawals: Airan, Bansal, Bindal, Bhandal,
Dharan, Garg, Goyal, Goyan (considered as half gotra),
Jindal, Kansal, Kuchhal, Madhukul, Mangal, Mittal,
Nangal, Singhal, Tayal, Tingle.

[[File: Agroha Dham Temple Complex.png| Agroha Dham Temple Complex|frame|500px]]

In recent decades the Agroha Vikas Trust has taken up
development of the area. 27 acres of land were donated
by Sh. L. N. Gupta at 1976. The Government of India
issued a postage stamp in honour of Maharaja Agrasen
at that time. Since then large scale development has
taken place. The Agroha Dham has been set up as a
centre of learning, philosophy and spirituality. The
temple complex deserves special mention as it houses a
temple dedicated to the goddesses Mahalaxmi and
Saraswati, A memorial to Maharaj Agrasen and Shakti
Sarovar are surrounded by lush green lawns. A little
away stands the ancient temple of Sheela Mata, which
is an important pilgrim centre.

The Maharaja Agrasen Medical Institute has been
established by the great visionary Mr. O.P. Jindal to
provide selfless service and new opportunities to the
local people. With the strong commitment of the
Agarwal community Agroha is poised to shine again as
an abiding symbol of Maharaja Agrasen's message of
peace, non-violence, sacrifice, compassion and
socialism.

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 clan comprises many of the wealthiest men in India. The present
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 peace, non-violence, sacrifice, compassion and
 socialism.

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 Nangal, Singhal, Tayal, Tingle.
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+[[File: Agroha Dham Temple Complex.png| Agroha Dham Temple Complex|frame|left|500px]]
 In recent decades the Agroha Vikas Trust has taken up

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 [[File: Shri Laxmi Mittal.png| Shri Laxmi Mittal|frame|500px]]
 Maharaja Agrasena was a legendary Indian king of
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 in refusing to slaughter animals in yajnas.
-[[File: Shri Subhash Chandra Goyal.png| Shri Subhash Chandra Goyal|frame|500px]]
+[[File: Shri Anil Aggarwal.png| Shri Anil Aggarwal|frame|500px]]
 Agrasen is known to be a king of the Solar Dynasty
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 traces its origin to King Agrasen.
-[[File: Shri Anil Aggarwal.png| Shri Anil Aggarwal|frame|500px]]
+[[File: Shri Naresh Goyal.png| Shri Naresh Goyal|frame|500px]]
 All this may have passed off as a legendary tale had it
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 and the community finally found its roots.
-[[File: Shri OP Jindal.png| Shri OP Jindal|frame|500px]]
+[[File: Shri OP Jindal.png| Shri OP Jindal|frame|left|500px]]
 How Agroha became the capital of Maharaj Agrasen's
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 Agrasena and Madhavi must leave Pratapnagar forever.
-[[File: Agrasen ki bauli at Delhi.png|Agrasen ki bauli at Delhi|frame|500px]]
+[[File: Hon'ble Vice President of India with All India Aggarwal Sabha.png| Hon'ble Vice President of India with All India Aggarwal Sabha|frame|left|500px]]
 Agrasena started a severe tapasya (penance) to
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 descendants with prosperity.
-[[File: Shri Naresh Goyal.png| Shri Naresh Goyal|frame|500px]]
+[[File: Agrasen ki bauli at Delhi.png|Agrasen ki bauli at Delhi|frame|500px]]
 Agrasena then traveled all over India with his queen to
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 Hisar in Haryana.
-[[File: Hon'ble Vice President of India with All India Aggarwal Sabha.png| Hon'ble Vice President of India with All India Aggarwal Sabha|frame|500px]]
 Under the leadership of Agrasena, Agroha became very

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