 Assandh is identified with ancient Āsandīvat, a capital of the Kuru Kingdom, which was the first recorded state in ancient India, c. 1200 BCE.Historian Charles Allen has related this town and the Stupa to Asandhimitra, the Chief Queen ("Agramahisi") of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka.The ruins of more-than-2000-year-old Buddhist stupa is situated at Assandh.