Hameed, Attock

Hameed (حمید) is a village in the Chach Valley of Hazro Tehsil in Attock District of Punjab Province, Pakistan.[1]

Hameed
Village
Hameed is located in Pakistan
Hameed
Hameed
Coordinates: 33°56′N 72°25′E / 33.933°N 72.417°E / 33.933; 72.417
CountryPakistan
ProvincePunjab
DistrictAttock
TehsilHazro
RegionChhachh
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

History

Coin of Liaka Kusulaka, an imitation of coins of Eucratides.
Liaka Kusulaka is mentioned in the Taxila copper plate (British Museum).

Liaka Kusulaka was an Indo-Scythian satrap of the area of Chukhsa (Chach) during the 1st century BCE.[2]

The Battle of Chach was fought in 1008 AD between the Ghaznavid army of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni and the Hindu Shahi army of Anandapala, resulting in the latter's defeat.

Geography

Hameed is located in western Chhachh,[3] about 4 km from the city of Hazro.[4] Hameed has its own union council, which also governs other surrounding villages.

References

  1. ^ "Hameed". Hameed. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
  2. ^ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 10, page 115 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library". dsal.uchicago.edu.
  3. ^ Chach (Chhachch) - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 10, p. 115
  4. ^ Gazetteer of the Rawalpindi district 1893-94 published by Sang-E-Meel Publications and Page 259