Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.221

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Hajo.—It is a village in the Kamrup district of Assam, situated on the north bank of the Brahmaputra, 15 miles by road from Gauhati. It is famous for a temple of Śiva, which is said to have been originally built by a sage and to have been restored after it was damaged by the Mahomedan general Kālāpāhār. It is an object of veneration not only to the Hindus but also to the Buddhists (Law, *Holy Places of India*, p. 13; *Assam District Gazetteers*, Vol. IV, pp. 93-94).

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