During the mughal and British colonial era, Jharsa was a paragana in Delhi subah, and Gurgaon was just a small village.

The Report of a Tour in Eastern Rajputana in 1882-83,[1] published in 1885 by Alexander Cunningham (the then Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India), mentions a stone pillar at Gurgaon of a local feudal lord "Durgga Naga" with the 3-line inscription "Samvat 729 or 928, Vaisakh badi 4, Durgga Naga lokatari bhuta", dating back to 672 or 871 AD.

[3] She built palaces at Sardhana, Chandni Chowk in Delhi and Jharsa; parts of her fort compound have been completely lost to encroachments.

[6] An idol of Sitla Mata in Gurugram, according to an 1882 land revenue settlement report, was brought there 400 years earlier (in the 15th century).

Among them was Bhakhtawar Singh Thakran, a jagirdar who aided the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah, and was caught and hanged by the British for doing so.