Since sixteenth century till 1774 AD, before King Prithivi Narayan Shah's conquest over Vijaypur, the capital city of Kiranti pradesh (zone) was the base-land of the establishment and extension of m

odern Dharan city. Dharan city, which is connected with the historical importance of Vijaypur started its development since 1985 BS. Then primeminister Chandra Samsher established Chandra nagar (now purano bazaar) and primeminister Juddha Samsher established Juddha nagar (now naya bazaar).

Dharan city abstracted its name after "Dharan" (nepali word) a rectangular hollow dug under the ground and a low platform upon it for sawing logs with a big saw; one person on the platform and other below it. And, after the establishment of Dharan city, logs used to be widely split uphere in "Dharan".

Dharan occupies 19 wards now . Seuti river in the east, Sardu river in the west, Mahabharat range in the north and Charkoshe Jhadi (jungle) in the south lies as borders of dharan. It took its present shape when Vijaypur village panchayat and Ghopa village panchayat were merged into Dharan municipality in 2035 BS.

Dharan is fascinating destination for tourists with the vie

w point of the istorical, religious, archeological, cultural and natural richness. The most notable character of Dharan is its social - cultural diversity , educational institutions are its valuable ornaments.