Hazro, Punjab

Hazro (Hindko/Urdu: حضرو) is a town located in the Attock District of the Punjab Province of Pakistan.

This town is the capital of Hazro Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district, and the central marketplace of the Chach Valley, consisting of 84 villages located along the Indus River.

Many rulers such as Alexander the Great, Mahmud of Ghazni, Timur, Nader Shah and Babur and their armies crossed the Indus River at or about this region in their respective invasions of India.

[3] According to the Gazetteer of Rawalpindi, Hazro was the battlefield of the Battle of Chach in which, in AD 1008, Ghaznavid Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi defeated the united forces of the Hindu Shahi ruler Anandapala with a slaughter of 20,000 men.

The town is surrounded by rich cultivation, and from 20th century had a flourishing trade, chiefly in tobacco and sugar.

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