Kannauj
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關於Kannauj
Kannauj (कन्नौज Kannauj) is a town on the Ganges in western Uttar Pradesh.
Kannauj旅遊指南
城市概覽
Once known as Kanyakubja (Sanskrit: कान्यकुब्ज Kānyakubja), Kannauj was a historically important city in the early Middle Ages, being the capital of the Gurjar-Pratihar Empire during the 9th and 10th centuries.
如何抵達
1 Kannauj City railway station. The station is on the Kanpur–Delhi section railway line, making the city easily accessible from both Delhi and Kanpur. (updated Feb 2024)
必看景點
1 Lakh Bahosi Sanctuary, Lakh and Bahosi villages (35-40 km southwest of Kannauj). A bird sanctuary spread over two shallow lakes. (updated Jan 2021) 2 Government Archaeology Museum, Grand Truck Rd. The museum has artefacts depicting the rules and common folk spanning the numerous dynasties that rules Kannauj over the millennia. (updated Mar 2021)
購物
Kannauj is the perfume capital of India. Called "attar" or "ittar", the perfume makers of Kannauj still produce fragrances using the age-old, labour-intensive and time-consuming deg bhapka hydro-distillation method.
城市概覽改寫自 Wikipedia，旅遊指南來自Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。照片來自 Wikimedia Commons.