Kannauj (कन्नौज Kannauj) is a town on the Ganges in western Uttar Pradesh, in a culturally transient zone between the Braj and Awadh regions.
Understand
[edit]Once known as Kanyakubja (Sanskrit: कान्यकुब्ज Kānyakubja), Kannauj was a historically important city in the early Middle Ages, being the capital of the Gurjar-Pratihar Empire during the 9th and 10th centuries.
Get in
[edit]- 1 Kannauj City railway station. The station is on the Kanpur–Delhi section railway line, making the city easily accessible from both Delhi and Kanpur.
Get around
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Map of Kannauj
See
[edit]- 1 Lakh Bahosi Sanctuary, Lakh and Bahosi villages (35-40 km southwest of Kannauj). A bird sanctuary spread over two shallow lakes.
- 2 Government Archaeology Museum, Grand Truck Rd. The museum has artefacts depicting the rules and common folk spanning the numerous dynasties that rules Kannauj over the millennia.
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[edit]Kannauj is the perfume capital of India. Called "attar" or "ittar", the perfume makers of Kannauj still produce fragrances using the age-old, labour-intensive and time-consuming deg bhapka hydro-distillation method.