Beyond Akhnoor, towards the upper hilly area that joins Sivalik Hills, there has been no trace of any object that could show that Harappans moved any further beyond this town.

Apart from an ancient an eight-spoke Stupa (a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, made of high quality baked bricks and surrounded by stone pathways, meditation cells and rooms),[5] life sized Terracotta busts of Buddha and coins belonging to those periods were also excavated from the sites.

[7][8] The location of the Stupas is such that it lies on the ancient routes from Pataliputra, in present-day Patna, Bihar, in India to Taxila now in Punjab Province, Pakistan.

Among other find of historical importance that indicates the place inhabited by people pre-dominantly belonging to Hinduism is the green coloured Trimurti idol made up of a single stone at Ambarran Village.

[citation needed] The town is believed to have been named Akhnoor by Mughal Emperor Jahangir who once visited the area and the fort on the advice of a saint when his eyes got infected while returning from Kashmir.

Amazingly, Jahangir's eyes were fully cured by the fresh air of the town blowing over the Chenab.

Chenab enters plains at Kathar (Khadhandhara Valley)[12] in Maira Mandrian tehsil of Akhnoor.