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	History of the Punjab - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The next one thousand years of the history of the Punjab and North India in general (c.1500-500 BCE) is dominated by the Indo-Aryans and the mixed population and culture that emerged from their interactions with the natives of the Indus basin.
		Ranjit Singh ultimately acquired a kingdom in the Punjab which stretched from the Sutlej River in the east to Peshawar in the west, and from the junction of the Sutlej and the Indus in the south to Ladakh in the north.
		The British Punjab province, which includes present-day Punjab province of Pakistan, and the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh, was partitioned in 1947 between the newly-independent states of India and Pakistan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_the_Punjab (7100 words)

	Punjab region - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Punjabi is spoken by (approx) 90% of population in Pakistani Punjab and 92.2% in Indian Punjab [1].
		The capital city of the Pakistani Punjab, and the pre-Partition Punjab is Lahore.
		The Vedic and Epic period of the Punjab was socially and culturally very prolific as during this glorious period, the people accelerated in the fields of philosophy and culture.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Punjab_region (1930 words)

	PUNJAB - LoveToKnow Article on PUNJAB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Geographically the Punjab is the triangular tract of country of which the Indus and the Sutlej to their confluence form the two sides, the base being the lower Himalaya bills between those two rivers; but the British province now includee a large tract outside those boundaries.
		The Punjab enjoys two well-marked seasons of rainfall; the monsoon period, lasting from the middle of June till the end of September, on which the autumn crops and spring sowings depend; and the winter rains, which fall early in January, and though often insignificant in amount materially affect the prosperity of the spring harvest.
		The principal reserved forests are the deodar (Cedrus Deodara) and chil (P-inus Ion gifolia) tracts in the hills, the plantations of shisham (Dalbergia Sissu) and sal (Shorea robusta) in the plains, and the fuel rakhs or preserves (Acacia, Prosopis, andc.).
	82.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PU/PUNJAB.htm (6394 words)

	India Information >> Punjab
		The Punjab covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres (19,445 square miles) and has a population around 24,000,000 in 2000.The name "Punjab" means "land of five rivers" and derives from the Persian words 'panj,' meaning five, and 'aab,' meaning water.
		Punjab, northwestern India, is bounded on the west by Pakistan, on the north by Jammu and Kashmir, on the north east by Himachal Pradesh and on the south by Haryana and Rajasthan.
		Punjab is one of the smallest states of India representing 1.6 per cent of its geographical area and 2.6 per cent of it's cropped area.
	www.whereincity.com /india/punjab (884 words)

	Punjab the Historic Region
		Punjab (historic region), historical region in the northwestern part of the subcontinent of India.
		The Salt Hills border the Punjab on the north, and to the northeast lie the Siwâlik foothills of the Himalayas.
		The Pakistani portion of the Punjab region was merged in 1955 into the province of West Pakistan, and in 1970 it was reconstituted as Punjab province.
	www.punjabilit.com /language/english/Punjab (804 words)

	Tourism of Punjab hotels and profile, Punjab travel guide, Punjab travel map, tourism map of Punjab
		The population of Punjab consists mainly of Punjabis, Jats and Rajputs.
		Punjab alone contributed about 62 per cent of wheat, and 50 per cent of rice, to the central pool in the 1994-95 seasons, despite the fact, that it comprises only 1.53 per cent of the area in the country.
		Punjab has developed a network of about 30,000 miles of roads, of which about 75 percent are surfaced.
	mapsofindia.com /stateprofiles/punjab (951 words)

	About Punjab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The State of Punjab is located in North-West of India at 35° Latitude and 74° Longitude, blessed with plain and fertile soil receiving an average annual rainfall of 503 mm.
		The field of action of the Ramayana is believed to be outside the Punjab but the tradition maintains that Valmiki composed the Ramayana near the present Amritsar city and Kaikeyee belonged to this region.
		Related to this is the ‘sufiana kallam’ of Punjab as a result of a strong Sufi tradition in the state.
	www.markfedpunjab.com /ASPPages/General/AboutPunjab.asp (2987 words)

	Punjab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Punjab: A northwestern state that is split across the political boundaries of India and Pakistan.
		The area of Punjab consists of the land in the area of 5 major rivers.
		Punjab is a land famous for sikhs as this is where the majority of Indian Sikhs reside.
	www.sikhiwiki.org /index.php?title=Punjab (131 words)

	History of Punjab
		The next thousand year history of Punjab (or Arya-Varta, the land of Aryans, as Aryan called it) is dominated by the Aryans and their interactions with the natives of the Indus basin.
		Punjab became the wealthiest Satrapy i.e., the province in the Persian kingdom.
		Alexander's Eastern empire (from Syria to Punjab) was inherited by Selecus Nicator, the founder of Seleucid dynasty.
	www.infopunjab.com /punjab/history.htm (3048 words)

	Punjab: The Cultural Craddle of India
		In 206 BC, Punjab was invaded by Antiochus, grandson of Seleukos.
		Eneradites, king of Bactria, invaded Punjab in the year 165 BC and his successors, ruled Punjab from 126 BC to 110 BC About the year 110 BC, the Scythic element was predominant in the Punjab.
		Babur occupied Punjab in 1525 and defeated Ibrahim Lodhi in 1526 at Panipat.
	www.indtravel.com /punjab/punjab.html (1291 words)

	Punjab: History
		With the creation of Pakistan in 1947, the Punjab was partitioned approximately along the line between the main concentrations of the Muslim and the Hindu populations.
		The numerous Punjab hill states were merged into the union territory of Himachal Pradesh (now a state), other princely states were formed into the Patiala and East Punjab States Union, and the remaining area became the Indian state of East Punjab.
		Punjab is governed by a chief minister and cabinet responsible to a bicameral legislature with one elected house and by a governor appointed by the president of India.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0860588.html (377 words)

	History of Punjab:Ancient Forts of Punjab
		The forts and fortresses, though become very largely obsolete in the context and content of modern warfare, due mostly to vulnerability from the air, were deemed until quite recently as the sine quo non of military defense and the last refuge of a combatant power put sadly on the defensive.
		The Punjab or the Land of Five Rivers has been studded with solid defenses in the form of forts due to its vulnerability from the north through the Khyber and other passes which opened time and again to let in a turbid flood of invaders from time immemorial.
		It is one of the oldest towns in Punjab and of considerable historical importance.
	www.allaboutsikhs.com /culture/forts.htm (4067 words)

	Government Of Punjab, India :: About Punjab :: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Punjab is the cradle of the 5,000-year old Indus Valley Civilisation, which thrived and died along the banks of the mighty Indus and its tributaries.
		The history of the Punjab since Independence is a saga of suffering and sacrifice.
		The people of Punjab have grown amid crosscurrents of various civilisations, which have served to broaden their outlook, enlarge their mental horizon and evolve new patterns of thought.
	www.punjabgov.net /about_history.asp (2056 words)

	business4india.com :: History & Religion of Punjab.
		The history of Punjab goes back to the times of Indus Valley civilization or the arrival of the Aryans.
		The mainstay of Punjab's economy, and the source of its affluence, is agriculture.
		Punjab's contribution to the industrial development of the country is mainly through its 1,88,000 small scale units which have a capital investment of Rs.
	www.business4india.com /aboutpunjab.htm (901 words)

	Punjab
		Historically, the area west of Punjab was under the sphere of influence of the Persians; to the east was the heartland of the Indian civilization.
		The historical area of Punjab was defined to the east from the basin of the river Bias (including Delhi) to the basin of River Indus in the west.
		The high time for Punjab was during the reign of Mughal emperor Babur, when Punjab along with Babur's empire stretched from Delhi in the east to Kabul and Ghazni to the West.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/oldworld/middle_east/punjab.html (871 words)

	Punjab Tours,Punjab Tour Packages,History of Punjab,Tourist Places in Punjab,Tours to Punjab,Travel Punjab,Punjab ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Punjab is the place where the British Period in India imprinted itself forever in the form of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar.
		The high time for Punjab was during the reign of Mughal emperor Babur (and also during the time of Ranjit Singh more recently) when Punjab along with Babur's empire stretched from Delhi in the east to Kabul and Ghazni to the West.
		The major city in the Indian Punjab is Amritsar, the holy city of the Sikhs.
	www.toursnewdelhi.com /punjab/punjab-tours.htm (418 words)

	Punjab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The name "Punjab" means "land of five rivers" and derives from the Persian words 'panj,' meaning five, and 'aab,' meaning water.
		Main article: History of the Punjab The word "Punjab" for the first time was mentioned in the Book ``Tarikh-e-Sher Shah (1580) which mentions the construction of Fort by a fellow named ``Sher Khan of Punjab.
		The story of the decline, whose reasons are still not completely explained, of civilization is also told through the remains of these cities, now primarily attributed to the dessication of the main river that fed the civilisation lying on its shores.
	www.aseannewsnetwork.de /articles/content/p/pu/punjab.html (587 words)

	South Asia: Punjab
		Physically, the Punjab is a large, flat plain of rich alluvial soil (see landuse map).
		The northern boundary of the Punjab is formed by the foothills of the Himalayas (the Pir Panjal range in Pakistan and the Shivalik Hills in India).
		The northwest sections became the state of Punjab, the southeast area became the state of Haryana, and the hilly regions in the northeast went to the state of Himchal Pradesh.
	www.cet.edu /earthinfo/sasia/punjab/PJtopic1.html (417 words)

	Against Communalising History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The peculiar geographical position of the Punjab made it a zone of interaction among a number of peoples in ancient and medieval times, and nurtured several mystic movements which were conducive to the growth of a composite culture, so prominently reflected in the teachings of Jagatguru Nanak who stood for an egalitarian society.
		The Sarasvati is identified with Ghaggar in Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan and with Hakra in Pakistan beyond the Indian frontier and the Hakra-Ghaggar is a tributary of the Indus.
		Religious history of India or any of its regions like the Punjab can be most meaningfully and fruitfully studied within the framework of the historical process of social change and its material underpinnings and not within the paradigm of rigid religious dichotomies which are most certainly detrimental to the integrity of the nation.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /~ucgadkw/members/DNJha/GeneralPresidentsAddress.html (2112 words)

	Pakistan :: Punjab
		Geographically, it is a land of contrasts, from the alluvial plain of the Indus River and its tributaries to the sand-dunes of the Cholistan Desert, from the verdant beauty of the pine-covered foothills of the Himalaya to the strangely convoluted lunar landscape of the Potwar Plateau and the Salt Range.
		The best time to visit northern Punjab is in the spring, from February to April, and in the autumn, from September to November.
		Legend traces its origin to Loh, the son of Rama Chandra, the hero of the Ramayana, but history records that it began as a dependency of the 8th century AD Hindu ruler, Lalitiditya.
	www28.brinkster.com /pakistan4ever/htmls/punjab/punjab.asp (9553 words)

	TraveliteIndia.com: Welcome to Punjab, The Land of the Sikhs
		Punjab was probably the part of India that suffered the most destruction and damage at the time of Partition, yet today it is far away the most affluent state in India.
		Although Punjab is a predominantly agricultural state, supplying a large proportion of India's rice and wheat requirements, it also has a number of thriving industries like bicycles, sports and hosiery goods.
		Punjab is a land hallowed by saints and scarred by battles, an ancient land yielding archaeological treasures, a land of palaces and museums.
	www.traveliteindia.com /guide/state/punjab.asp (1721 words)

	Punjab Police - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Punjab Police has an extremely proud history and the legend of keeping duty before self.
		The emergence of Punjab Police as a separate organization is a post 1861 development, which took place after the British annexation of Punjab in 1849.
		In the recent years, the Punjab Police has successfully suppressed the gory face of terrorism in Punjab, in which nearly 20,000 people lost their lives during 1981-1994.
	www.punjabpolice.org /history (442 words)

	Books on Punjab, Punjabi History and Culture
		It is based on the Punjab census of 1883 and 1892.
		These volumes cover the Sikh history from the birth of Guru Nanak Dev (1469) to the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1839).
		The author was awarded a Ph.D. degree by the Panjab Univ. Chandigarh for his work on the folk dances of Punjab.) This is an analytical study of technique, style, background, etymology, and evolution of various Punjabi dance forms.
	www.nahal.com /punjabhistory.html (467 words)

	Punjab's History
		Punjab today is one of the most affluent states of India.
		Situated in the north-west, the state of Punjab is bound by Jammu and Kashmir in the north, Himachal Pradesh in the north-east and Haryana and Rajas than in the south.
		Punjab witnessed heavy destruction and damage during partition, yet it is one of the most affluent states in the country today.
	www.punjabilok.8m.com /history.html (675 words)

	webindia123.com-history of Punjab
		Punjab is said to have derived its name from the five rivers that flow through this region.
		In 1947 when India was partitioned, the larger half of Punjab went to Pakistan.
		In 1966 the Indian smaller half was further divided into three: Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
	www.webindia123.com /punjab/history/history.htm (326 words)

	South Asia: Punjab
		Yet partitioning the Punjab was difficult since most areas of the Punjab had a substantial mixture of Muslims, Hindus, and Sikhs who did not want to be part of the same nation.
		However, given the size of the Punjab, it was not always possible to draw the border to accommodate these religious groups.
		The commission's final decision was to award 62% of the Punjab's land and 55% of its people to Pakistan and the remainder to India (see 1947 map).
	www.cet.edu /earthinfo/sasia/punjab/PJtopic3.html (214 words)

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