On the banks of the Sutlej river, at the point where the river emerges from the Siwalik hills in to the plains of the Punjab, there is a town called Ropar or Rupnagar. The modern town is itself situated on a mound, and there are two other mounds near it. Excavations at these two mounds have shown that Ropar is a very old and important archaeological site. The earliest settlement here belonged to the Harappan civilization and the latest one belonged to the medieval period. This site was inhabited from about 2100 B.C. to 1700 A.D. This means that it tells us the story of the different people who lived here over almost 4000 years! Archaeologists have divided the discoveries at Ropar into seven periods or phases. Period I is when the first settlement appeared at the site and period VII belongs to the medieval period.

Tourist Attraction :

Bahadurpur Fort : On the top of a hill known as Bahadurpur the highest (1980 mt.) point in the district near Tepra Village in Paragana Bahadurpur, distance about 40 km. from Bilaspur. The range is embellished by a beautiful wood of deodar and ban trees. It is just 6 km. above Namhol, from this high place the Ratanpur Fort, Swarghat, the Fatehpur Fort, the Naina Devi hill, plains near Ropar and the mountains of Shimla can be seen. This Fort was built prior to 1835, But is in ruins now.

Shri Naina Devi Temple : A notable place of worship in the district is the temple of Shri Naina Devi Ji, situated on the hill top which rises some 915 mt. above the sacred town of Anandpur Sahib in Ropar, The temple stands on the very summit of the hill above a small bazar and is reached by a long flight of stone steps or by a cable car.