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Hashtnagar

One constituent part of the Charsadda District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Hashtnagar is one of the two constituent parts of the Charsadda District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The name Hashtnagar is derived from the Sanskrit अष्टनगरम् Aṣṭanagaram, "eight towns", from Sanskrit aṣṭa, "eight" and नगर nagara, "settlement, locality, town". There was an unrelated town of the same name near Kabul in the 17th century. It was home to the Roshani Movement. The descriptive was later influenced by the Persian هشت hasht, "eight". The etymology "Eight Towns", refers to the eight major settlements situated in this region. These are:Chārsadda, Hashtnagar [Muhammadzai and Kheshgi] Prang Rajjar, Chārsadda Sherpao, Chārsadda Tangi, Chārsadda Turangzai, Chārsadda Umarzai, Chārsadda Utmanzai, Chārsadda Dargai, Chārsadda

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