Tourist Places in Hisar
Hisar Attractions:
Feroze Shahs palace & Fort :
He built Hissar from scratch, so he Feroze Shah Tughlaq deserved a place for himself to live in. The palace is grand structure complete with a tehkhana (underground chambers) and a mosque. Close to the mosque lies a mound which is believed to house the ruins of probably the Harrappan civilisation.
Lat Ki Masjid :
Built by Feroze Shah Tughlaq is an outstanding example of the marriage of many different styles. The slightly slanting walls are characteristic of Suljuk style while the jalis (grids) are assimilated from the Hindus.
A unique mosque, it is distinguished by its lithic pillar and square chamber, not to mention the shape of the mosque itself. The mosque is built in an L shape, never seen earlier.
Humayuns Mosque :
Not to be sidetracked, this emperor also had to build something or the other in Hissar. So he got his fellows to build a masjid at Fatehabad, a stones throw from main Hissar town.
Jahaz Kothi :
Remember Jahaz Sahib from history, the Irish who ruled Haryana in 1798? Hissar was his land, and he lived here in a magnificent palace (although not that big compared to Mughal standards). He got the mughals to make it for him, and so it has the characteristic mughal touch to it.
Gujri Mahal :
This palace is also in ruins, but its baradari (raised platform used for social gatherings) is in comparatively good state and it is made of stone taken from the Hindu palaces and temples that the Mughals destroyed.
Jain Pillar :
Outside the fort lies a tiny two-foot high pillar said to belong to the Jains who consider it sacred. The pillar has the distinctive diamond-shaped holy symbol of the Jains.
Ancient Mounds :
Three mounds from the Harappan period can be found in Banawali, Kunal and Agroha. The mound in Banawali, 15kms from Fatehabad, reveals a fortified town (BC 2500 1700). Its inhabitants lived in brick houses and used clay pottery, beads of semi-precious stones and bangles, worshipping a mother goddess set in terracotta.
The Kunal excavations are pretty similar, although they bring to light that the Harappans went through three stages of development; from pit houses to regular rectangular and square dwellings above the surface. The Agroha mound goes back to the 3rd century BC and is where Harappan coins were discovered apart from stone sculptures, terrracotta seals, iron and copper implements, shells and a host of other things. However, dont count on seeing one of these; theyve being shifted into museums across the country long ago.
Pranpir Badshahs Tomb :
Situated inside the Government College, this is where the remains of the spiritual teacher of Sher Bahlol (14th century AD) lie. Pranpir was a great Sufi saint who foretold that Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq would rule Hindustan from Delhi.
