Ahichhatra: Journey to the land of my ancestors

I often heard my mother saying that our ancestors had migrated to Karnataka in southern India from Ahichhatra. When I asked where Ahichhatra was, she said it was in Punjab or Kashmir. It always excited me that my people had made such a long journey in the past to start in their life in a new place. Much later in life, I discovered that Ahichhatra was neither in Punjab nor Kashmir but in the state of Uttar Pradesh, close to the city of Bareilly. It is strange that despite living for many years in New Delhi, which is some 270 kilometres from Ahichhatra, it never occurred to me to visit it. As they say, there is a time and place for everything. Just as I was digging deeper into the educational heritage of ancient India and finding a treasure of knowledge, a friend invited me to her wedding in Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. <a href="https://medium.com/@sahana.singh/ahichhatra-journey-to-the-land-of-my-ancestors-835c96a2d294">Read More</a>