Why visit Dipalpur
Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks and 1 attraction in and around town.
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About Dipalpur
Dipalpur (Urdu: دِيپالپُور), also spelt Depalpur, is a city in the Okara District of Pakistani province of Punjab that served as headquarters of Depalpur Tehsil. It is situated 150 kilometres from the province capital Lahore on a bank of the river Ravi. It is located west of Kasur District.
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Museums and landmarks2
Churches and places of worship2
Shopping1
History
Depalpur has a long and ancient history. Its foundation is traditionally attributed to a ruler named Raja Deva Pala (also rendered Depa Chand or Dipa Chand in various local traditions), though his exact date is unknown and predates reliable written record. A competing local tradition instead credits a Khatri named Bija Chand as founder, with the settlement originally called Sripur after his son Sri Chand. The fortified town is built on an old Kushan-era site (c. 40–172 AD), and coin finds indicate occupation as early as the Indo-Scythian period; Cunningham tentatively identified it with the "Daidala" mentioned by Ptolemy. The fortifications themselves cannot be precisely dated, but are known to predate Timur's invasion in 1398 AD. No accounts of Dipalpur survive from the period between Alexander and Mahmud Ghaznavi. According to the 1935 District Gazetteer, the modern name Depalpur/Dipalpur derives from this founder's name.
From the History section of Dipalpur on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Faisalabad International Airport (LYP) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 100 km away.
- Hujra Shah Muqim 18 km northeast, about 18 min by car
- Basirpur 21 km southeast, about 21 min by car
- Okara 25 km northwest, about 25 min by car
- Renala Khurd 24 km north, about 24 min by car
- Haveli Lakha 25 km south, about 25 min by car
- Bahawalnagar 28 km southwest, about 28 min by car
- Mustafabad 29 km northwest, about 29 min by car
- Chunian 45 km northeast, about 45 min by car
- Abohar 78 km southeast, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Sri Ganganagar 86 km south, about 1 h 30 min by car
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- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Dipalpur city Pakistan - Mklive, MuhammadKhan1, CC BY-SA 4.0
- NAKHLISTAN Sweet shop Depalpur chowk - panoramio, khadim-un-nabi Rao, CC BY-SA 3.0
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