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The material remained found on the site
of the city of Rawalpindi prove the existance of a Buddhist
establishment contemporary to Taxila but less celebrated than
its neighbor does. It appears that the Ancient city went into oblivation
as a result of the Hun devastation.The first Muslim endeavor,
Mahmood of Ghazni (979-1030 AD) gifted the ruined city to
a Ghakkar Chief, Kai Gohar. The town, however being on indavours
route, could not prosper and remain deserted until Jahanda Khan,
another Ghakkar Chief, resorted it and gave the name of Rawalpindi
after the village Rawal in 1943 AD. Rawalpindi remained
under the rule of Ghakkars till Muqrab Khan, the last Ghakkar
ruler, was defeated by Sikhs in 1765 AD. Sikhs invited traders
from other places to settle here. This brought the city into prominence.
Sikhs lost the city to British Army and they established a
contonment south of the old city. In 1879 , the Punjab northern
Railway was extented to Rawalpindi but the train service was
formally inagurated on January 01, 1886.
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