Lund Khwar

Lund Khwar, also Lundkhwar (Pashto: لوند خوړ) | Urdu: لوندخوڑ) and pronounced "/Lu:/+/nd/, /Kh/+/va'/+/r:/" is a historical village and union council of Takht Bhai Tehsil in Mardan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

During the Gandharan era (2nd century BCE), it had been a visiting sanctuary for Buddhist Monks from their nearby strongholds at Takht Bhai.

In the time of their great chieftain, Malik Ako, who moved the capital of the Khattak Tribe from Teri (a village in Karak District) to Sarai Akora, the town which Akoray founded and built.

Sabuktgin's son Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni made this area the rallying point for his numerous raids into the interior of India.

With such a background, the English became main streams and a smaller brook from three directions which flow throughout the year, thus lending Lund Khwar its name as well as a safety against possible invaders, a strategic point and basis for its foundation.

In his book The Pathan Unarmed: opposition & memory in the North West Frontier, Mukulika Banerjee writes:[4] "A Chief Secretary's report from 193 stated that: In and around Lund Khwar... increase in the active participation of women.

Note on the reference:[4] The name of the boy who read out the speech was Qasim Khan, the son of a woman Grana who because of the purdah could not participate in the presence of adult male speakers.

"Though not publicly acknowledged, British official correspondence confirms that women picketers were active in Bannu and Lund Khwar.

In mobilizing the Pathan women, Khurshedben Naoroji appears to have played an important role as she lived there for some time and worked among the frontier ladies exhorting them to start Swadeshi activities.

The town is surrounded by two main streams and a smaller brook from 3 directions which flow throughout the year, thus lending Lund Khwar its name as well as a safety against possible invaders, a strategic point and basis for its foundation.

Location of Mardan District (highlighted in yellow) within the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa . The city of Mardan is located in the south west of the district.
View of pasture and stream in Lund Khwar.
Landae / Landay Khwar, in Lund Khwar.
The Stream Landae/Landay Khwar, in Lund Khwar
The Stream Landae/Landay Khwar, in Lund Khwar
A sight from one of the entrance bridges, in Lund Khwar
A sight from one of the entrance bridges, in Lund Khwar