Kara
Kara is a township near Sirathu on the banks the Ganges, 69 km west of the city of Prayagraj in Kaushambi district in Uttar Pradesh state in India. It was a regional capital for centuries under the Delhi Sultanate and Jaunpur Sultanate.Photo: William Daniell, Public domain.
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in India
- Also known as: “Currah”, “Karā”, “Kara, Uttar Pradesh”, “Karha”, “Kurrah”, and “Kurrah, Mannickpore”
Kara
- Category: town
- Location: Sirathu, Kaushambi District, Uttar Pradesh, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Bhojpuri to Urdu—“Kara” goes by many names.
- Bhojpuri: “कड़ा”
- Dutch: “Kara, Uttar Pradesh”
- Esperanto: “Kara”
- Hindi: “कड़ा, कौशाम्बी”
- Japanese: “カウサーンビー”
- Urdu: “کڑہ، اتر پردیش”
- “कड़ा”
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