section_path: History/Ancient history/Foundation
section_name: Foundation
paragraph_text: Foundation
  
  Peshawar was founded as the city of Puruṣapura, on the Gandhara Plains in the broad Valley of Peshawar in 100 CE. It may have been named after a Hindu raja who ruled the city who was known as Purush. The city likely first existed as a small village in the fifth century BCE, Puruṣapura was founded near the ancient Gandharan capital city of Pushkalavati, near present-day Charsadda.