Editing Doab (section)

=={{anchor| The Doab | Ganges-Yamuna Doab | Ganga-Yamuna Doab |}} The Doab==
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''The Doab'' designates the flat alluvial tract between the [[Ganges]] and [[Yamuna]] rivers extending from the [[Sivalik Hills]] to the two rivers' confluence at [[Prayagraj]]. It is also called as ''Ganges-Yamuna Doab'' or ''Ganga Doab''. The region has an area of about 23,360 square miles (60,500 square km); it is approximately {{convert|500|mi|km|0}} in length and {{convert|60|mi|km|0}} in width.<ref name=ymd1>[https://www.britannica.com/place/Ganges-Yamuna-Doab Ganges-Yamuna Doab], [[Encyclopædia Britannica]].</ref>

The [[British raj]] divided the ''Doab'' into three administrative districts, viz., [[Upper Doab]] (Meerut), Middle Doab (Agra) and Lower Doab (Allahabad).<ref name=ymd1/>{{Citation needed|reason=about the British claim|date=December 2017}}

Currently the following states and districts form part of ''The Doab'':<ref name=ymd1/>

===Upper Doab===
Main article : [[Upper Doab]]
*'''[[Uttarakhand]]''':
[[Dehradun district|Dehradun]] and [[Haridwar district|Haridwar]]

*'''[[Uttar Pradesh]]''':
[[Saharanpur district|Saharanpur]], [[Shamli district|Shamli]], [[Muzaffarnagar district|Muzaffarnagar]], [[Baghpat district|Baghpat]], [[Meerut District|Meerut]], [[Ghaziabad district, India|Ghaziabad]], [[Hapur district|Hapur]], [[Gautam Budh Nagar District|Gautam Buddh Nagar]] and [[Bulandshahr district|Bulandshahr]]

*'''[[Delhi]]'''{{citation needed|date=September 2013}}

===Central or Middle Doab===
[[Etah district|Etah]], [[Kasganj district|Kasganj]], [[Aligarh district|Aligarh]], [[Agra district|Agra]], [[Hathras district|Hathras]], [[Firozabad district|Firozabad]], [[Mainpuri district|Mainpuri]] and [[Mathura district|Mathura]] is in the trans-Yamuna region of [[Braj]].

===Lower Doab===
[[Farrukhabad district|Farrukhabad]], [[Kannauj district|Kannauj]], [[Etawah district|Etawah]], [[Auraiya district|Auraiya]], [[Kanpur district (disambiguation)|Kanpur]] (Urban & Rural), [[Fatehpur district|Fatehpur]], [[Kaushambi district|Kaushambi]] and [[Allahabad district|Allahabad]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiamart.com/proddetail/archaeology-of-lower-ganga-yamuna-doab-2-volumes-2007703973.html|title=Archaeology Of Lower Ganga-Yamuna Doab 2 Volumes}}</ref>