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| | Ayodhya Summary |
 | | An ancient city also called Ayodhya, Oudh, or Awadh, Ajodhya, now part of the city of Faizabad, lies on the Ghaghara River in the eastern Uttar Pradesh state of northern India. |
 | | Ajodhya is one of seven holy places for Hindus, revered as the legendary birthplace of Rama, hero of the Ramayana epic. |
 | | In the eleventh and twelfth centuries, Ajodhya became part of the Kanauj kingdom, then the Delhi sultanate, the Jaunpur kingdom, and, in the sixteenth century, the Mughal empire. |
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