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Sonipat

Sonipat, also spelled as Sonipat, has ancient significance as it is believed that it was founded as Swarnaprastha (meaning Swarna=Gold; Prastha=Place "Golden City") by five Pandava brothers during the time of Mahabharata. As per another legend, this place belongs to Raja Soni, the thirteenth descendent of Arjuna, one of the Pandava brothers.

It is also believed that the earliest reference of this city comes in the epic Mahabharata and this was one of the five villages demanded by the Pandavas instead of the kingdom of Hastinapur. The other four villages were Panprastha (Panipat), Baghprastha (Baghpat), Indraprastha and Tilprastha (Tilpat).

The city has also been noted earlier by the great grammarian Panini in his celebrated Ashtadhyayi, meaning the town was already in existence around 600 B.C.

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