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The Vedic Civilization spread along the length

The Vedic Civilization spread along the length of the Sarasvati River to cover most of Northern India including Punjab. This ci...

During the period when the epic Mahabharata

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During the period when the epic Mahabharata was written, around 800�400 BCE, Punjab was known as Trigarta and ruled by Katoch kings. The Ind...

The word Punjab is a xenonym and exonym

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The word Punjab is a xenonym and exonym from the Persian words panj ("five") and Ab ("waters"), thus Panjab means ...

History of Punjab,

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Alexander left some forces along the Indus river region. In the Indus territory, he nominated his officer Peithon as a satrap...

He crossed the river and ordered to erect giant

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He crossed the river and ordered to erect giant altars to mark the eastern most extent of his empire thus claiming the territory east of Bea...

However, Alexander;s troops refused

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However, Alexander's troops refused to face the vastly superior imperial army of Magadh Empire, Persoi refused to go bey...

Greek historians refer to three warlike peoples

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Greek historians refer to three warlike peoples, viz. the Astakenoi, the Aspasioi and the Assakenoi, located in the northwest west of r...

"The Kambhojas on the Indos (Indus),

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"The Kambhojas on the Indos (Indus), the Taksas of Taksila(Taxila), the Madras and Kathas (Kathaioi) on Akesines (Chenab), the Malla (M...

However, Chulla-Niddesa,

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However, Chulla-Niddesa, another ancient text of the Buddhist canon substitutes Yona for Gandhara and thus lists the Kamboja and the Yona as...

Gandhara and Kamboja are believed

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Gandhara and Kamboja are believed to have comprised the upper Indus regions and included Kashmir, eastern Afghanistan and most of the wester...

Michael Witzel terms this region

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Michael Witzel terms this region as forming parts of the Greater Punjab. Buddhist texts also mention that this northern region especially th...

Pali literature further endorses that only Kamboja

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The Buddhist text Anguttara Nikaya mentions Gandhara and Kamboja among the sixteen great countries (Solas Mahajanapadas) which had evolved i...

has appealed to the rural Panjab

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and why Brahman ritualism has passed away while the Kshatriya philosophy, the Vedanta, has survived; why the spirit more than the word of Is...

This is the original home of the Gypsies,

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This is the original home of the Gypsies, Ods and Sadhs, the Gujjars, Hairs and Khatris; here came Skylax, Alexander, Huen Tsang and Fa Hien...

Panjab, derived from Persian and introduced

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Panjab, derived from Persian and introduced by the Turkic conquerors of India, literally means "five" (panj) "waters" (...

The name is mentioned again in Ain-e-Akbari

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The name is mentioned again in Ain-e-Akbari (part 1), written by Abul Fazal, who also mentions that the territory of Punjab was divided into...

The name Punjab is

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The name Punjab is a xenonym/exonym and the first known mention of the word Punjab is in the writings of Ibn Batuta, who visited the region ...

The state capital is located in Chandigarh,

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The state capital is located in Chandigarh, a Union Territory and also the capital of the neighbouring state of Haryana. The summer residenc...