Rohtak

Rohtak lies on the plains northwest of Delhi, near the ancient site of Khokhrakot. Clay coin moulds found there reveal the work of minting under the Yaudheyas, while later finds include Gupta terracottas and Jain images. The town's older name, Rauhitaka, appears in medieval sources, and the Chahamanas held the region in the twelfth century.

The Ain-i Akbari records Rohtak as a Mughal pargana under Delhi, with a brick fort and obligations to supply infantry and cavalry to the imperial army. Jats were prominent in the surrounding country. In 1762 Suraj Mal of Bharatpur sent his sons Jawahar Singh and Nahar Singh into the region, where they captured the Rohtak pargana amid the struggle for power that followed the great battle of Panipat.