Punjab region
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The Punjab (or Panjab) is a region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent. The name means "land of 5 rivers",[1] referring to the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej, and Beas Rivers.[2] The natives of this land are the Punjabi people, and they speak the Indo-Aryan Punjabi language.
The region is divided by the Radcliffe Line: the western part is in the eastern part of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan; the eastern part is in the north western part of the Republic of India. It is in a plain, with the River Indus flowing through the western part. The soil is very fertile, supporting agriculture. The main religions in the region are Islam (in the Pakistani side) and Sikhism (in the Indian side), with a minority of Hindus.
The old British Punjab province encompassed a larger territory, which included: Punjab (Pakistan), Islamabad Capital Territory (Pakistan), Punjab (India), Haryana (India), Himachal Pradesh (India), Chandigarh (India).
Punjab Region Media
A 17th-century painting by Charles Le Brundepicting the battle of King Porus against Alexander the Great.
Taxila in Pakistan is a World Heritage Site.
The Malot Temple, constructed by Odi Shahi dynasty in Gandhara-Nagara style in the 10th century CE
Illustration of Ranjit Singh, founder of the Sikh Empire
Sikh Empire (green) in northwest India in 1823
Map of the Punjab Province (British India)
The snow-covered Himalayas
The dominant mother tongue in each District of Pakistan, according to the 2017 Pakistan Census
Rig Veda, the oldest known Hindu text, originated in the Punjab region.
Ethnographic photograph of Jats in the vicinity of Delhi, India, 1868
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References
- ↑ Gandhi, Rajmohan. Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten (2013). New Delhi, India, Urbana, Illinois: Aleph Book Company. p. 1 ("Introduction"). ISBN 978-93-83064-41-0.
- ↑ "Punjab." Pp. 107 in Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed.), vol. 20.
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