Punjab History

originPunjab Mail 'five' and 'Abu' two words of the Persian language, which means five water, which literally means the land of five rivers. These five rivers: the Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum.geographyPunjab is located in north-western India, whose area of ​​50.362 square. M. . Punjab Latitude (latitudes) from 29.30 ° 32.32 ° north and longitude (longitudes) 73.55 ° spread between 76.50 ° East. [1] In the north border of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, north-east in Himachal Pradesh, which is in the south-east of the State, in the south-west of Pakistan Punjab, Rajasthan and west.historyDuring the time of the Mahabharata Punjab was known as pacanada . Harappa (now in Punjab, Pakistan, Pakistan) Indus Valley civilization was widespread in much larger cities like part of the state territory. Altar culture was widespread in almost the entire northern India, including Punjab banks of Saraswati. This civilization was influenced by the cultures distorted in the Indian sub-continent. Punjab Gandhar, Mahajanapadas, Nand, Maurya, with Kunsan, secret family, Plass, Gujjar pratihara and was part of the great ancient empires, including the Hindu king. Eastern boundary of the banks of the Indus River from the investigation of Alexander the Great. Agriculture nikhari and commercial cities (such as an increase in the assets of Jalandhar and Ludhiana).Area of ​​the state because of their geographic location under constant attacks and strokes from the west and east. Punjab had to face the Persians, Greeks, Scythians, Turks and Afghans attacks. As a result, the state suffered several hundred years of bitter bloodshed. It is a unique cultural heritage, which attaches to the Hindu, Buddhist, Persian / Persian, Central Asian, Islamic, Afghan, Sikh and British elements.Takasila city in Pakistan Bharat (Son was appointed by takasa Ram's brother). Here the world's oldest university, takasila University, whose great altar of a teacher, thinker and politician canaka. Takasila Maurya Empire was a major center of academic and intellectual discussion. Now it is a UN World Heritage location.Punjab and contact time .... in the Persian empires is of special importance when the parts either remained free area joined with the Empire or the Persian kings paid taxes. In the ensuing centuries, the Persian language became the Mughal government, were an integral part of Persian architecture, poetry, culture, art and music fields. Mid-19th to the state's official language was Persian arrival of the British in the century after it had been abolished and the administrative language of Urdu.

The story of ancient Punjab

Geographical boundaries and borders of ancient Punjab, it has been run by two rivers: the east (East) to starboard and to the Indus River to the west (west). Between these two rivers to fix the joint state capped five rivers flowing.

    Punjab literally means "(The Land of) Five Waters" referring to the following rivers: the Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej, and Beas. All are tributaries of the Indus River, the Chenab being the largest

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