Punjab
Punjab History Timeline * 200,000 years: Pre-historic and Proto-historic existence of early mankind * 2600 – 1900 BCE: Harappa Culture * 1500 – 1000 BCE: Rigvedic Aryan Civilization * 599 BCE: Jainism * 567 – 487 or c. 400 BCE: Buddha * 550 BCE – 600 CE: Buddhism remained
- Maninder S Gujral
- October 24, 2009
The Punjab (pronounced Punjab; Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬ, پنجاب, Urdu: پنجاب, Hindi: पंजाब), also spelled Panjab (Persian: پنجاب, panj-āb, "five waters"), is a cultural region straddling the border between Punjab (Pakistan) and Punjab (India). The so-called "five waters" are the Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi, the Sutlej, and the Beas. All are
- Maninder S Gujral
- October 24, 2009
SIARH, village 14 km southeast of Mandi Ahmadgarh (30°42N, 75"51`E), inLudhiana district of the Punjab, has a historical shrine, Gurdwara Gurusar Patshahi Chhevin. It is said that as Guru Hargobind was moving from Rara towards Jagera, his horse suddenly became so sick that the Guru had to break his
- Maninder S Gujral
- December 19, 2000
TAPA, a small market town 19 km southwest of Barnala (30022`N, 75032`E) in Sangrur district of the Punjab, claims a historical shrine, Gurdwara Tibba Sahib Patshahi IX, dedicated to Guru Tegh Bahadur. The old building constructed by Maharaja Karam Singh (1798-1845) of Patiala has since been replaced by a more
- Maninder S Gujral
- December 19, 2000
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