The major part of Indo-Gangetic plain or the North fertile plain forms Uttar Pradesh. Known as UP since the Raj Days, Uttar Pradesh or " the Northern State" is the heart of Hinduism. The history of Uttar Pradesh is very much the history of India. The area of UP was occupied by Aryans or the Dasas and their main occupation was agriculture. The Aryans through conquests occupied the areas. They laid the foundations of Hindu civilization. It was during the Aryan inhabitation that the epics of Mahabharata, Ramayana, the Brahamanas and Puranas were written.

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The state was the heart of Mahabharatha war and the history of Uttar Pradesh is very much the history of India