An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.934

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**Sugh** (30°00′; 70°23′). Dt Ambala, 4 km to the e. of Jagadhri on the w. bank along the flood-plain (*khādar*) of the Yamuna. The mound covers an area of over 5 km in circumference, largely covered by modern habitation and heavily eroded on the n. by a seasonal nullah of the Yamuna. The ruins were identified by Cunningham, *ASI—AR*, 2. pp. 226-7; 1963, p. 290) with Su-Lu-’in-na (Srughna) of Hiuen Tsang (Beal, 1884, 1, p. 186) who saw here Buddhist *stūpas* and monasteries and Brāhmaṇical temples. Srughna is perhaps identical with Tūrghna mentioned in the *Taittirīya Āraṇyaka* (5.1) as marking the n. border of Kurukṣetra. It is also mentioned in Sanskrit literature as a city of importance.