Location: Bhokardan
Bhokardan
Bhokardan is a city and a municipal council in Jalna district in the state of Maharashtra, India.
Climate
Bhokardan is influenced by the local steppe climate. There is not much rainfall in Bhokardan all year long. According to Köppen and Geiger, this climate is classified as BSh. The average annual temperature is 25.9 °C in Bhokardan. In a year, the average rainfall is 752 mm.
History
Bhokardan is situated on the bank of Kelana river. Bhokardan has been identified by the modern historians with the ancient city of Bhogavardhana. One of the earliest references of Bhokardan is found in Markandeya Purana, where it is described as a prosperous trading city in Dandakaranya area, located on the trade route from Ujjayini, in central India to Prathishthana, then capital city of Satavahanas. Similar, references were also found in various other ancient literature