Short History of Punjab

The Punjab additionally spelled Panjab (place that is known for "five rivers") , is a land and social district in the northern piece of the Indian subcontinent, including territories of eastern Pakistan and northern India. Not being a political unit, the limits of the area are poorly characterized and concentrate on verifiable records.

Until the Partition of Punjab in 1947, the British Punjab Province included the present-day Indian conditions of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and Delhi, and the Pakistani regions of Punjab and Islamabad Capital Territory. It flanked the Balochistan and Pashtunistan areas toward the west, Kashmir toward the north, the Hindi Belt toward the east, and Rajasthan and Sindh toward the south.

The general population of the Punjab today are called Punjabis, and their important dialect is Punjabi. The primary religions of the Punjab area are Islam, Sikhism, and Hinduism. Different religious gatherings are Christianity, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, and Buddhism. The Punjab locale has been occupied by the Indus Valley Civilisation, Indo-Aryan people groups, and Indo-Scythians, and has seen various attacks by the Persians, Greeks, Kushans, Ghaznavids, Timurids, Mughals, Pashtuns, British, and others. Noteworthy outside attacks basically focused on the most profitable focal area of the Punjab known as the Majha region,[2] which is likewise the bedrock of Punjabi culture and customs.

The area was initially called Sapta Sindhu,[4] the vedic place that is known for the seven waterways streaming into the ocean.[5] The later name of the district, Punjab, is a compound of two Persian words,[1][6] Panj (five) and āb (water), acquainted with the locale by the Turko-Persian conquerors[7] of India, and all the more formally promoted amid the Mughal Empire.[8][9] Punjab therefore signifies "The Land of Five Waters", alluding to the streams Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, Sutlej, and Beas.[10] All are tributaries of the Indus River, the Chenab being the biggest.

There are two principle meanings of the Punjab area: the 1947 definition and the more seasoned 1846– 1849 definition. A third definition consolidates both the 1947 and the more established definitions yet in addition incorporates northern Rajasthan on a phonetic premise and antiquated stream developments.

1947 definition

The 1947 definition characterizes the Punjab district with reference to the disintegration of British India whereby the then British Punjab Province was parceled amongst India and Pakistan. In Pakistan, the area now incorporates the Punjab region and Islamabad Capital Territory. In India, it incorporates the Punjab state, Chandigarh, Haryana,[11] and Himachal Pradesh.

Utilizing the 1947 definition, the Punjab outskirts the Balochistan and Pashtunistan districts toward the west, Kashmir toward the north, the Hindi Belt toward the east, and Rajasthan and Sindh toward the south. As needs be, the Punjab locale is exceptionally assorted and extends from the slopes of the Kangra Valley to the fields and to the Cholistan Desert.

The Punjab locale of India and Pakistan has a verifiable and social connect to Indo-Aryan people groups and in addition incompletely to different indigenous groups. Because of a few attacks from Central Asia and the Middle East, numerous ethnic gatherings and religions make up the social legacy of the Punjab.

In ancient circumstances, one of the soonest known societies of South Asia, the Indus Valley civilisation was situated in the area.

The epic fights depicted in the Mahabharata are portrayed as being battled in what is currently the State of Haryana and memorable Punjab. The Gandharas, Kambojas, Trigartas, Andhra, Pauravas, Bahlikas (Bactrian pioneers of the Punjab), Yaudheyas and others agreed with the Kauravas in the considerable fight battled at Kurukshetra.[26] According to Dr Fauja Singh and Dr L. M. Joshi: "There is almost certainly that the Kambojas, Daradas, Kaikayas, Andhra, Pauravas, Yaudheyas, Malavas, Saindhavas and Kurus had together added to the gallant custom and composite culture of old Punjab"