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Punjab is a Persian word, which is a combination of two words "Punj " meaning five and "Aab" meaning water . So, Punjab means "land of five rivers". This is a region where five rivers namely Satluj, Bias, Ravi, Jhelum and Chenab flow. These are the geographical boundaries and this frontier keep on changing from time to time. Even the region of Peshawar and the rivers Indus and Kabul were once a part of this land. At that time, the name of this region was "Sapat sindhu" or "Sapat Hindu". After the separation of Attock and Sindh from this area or region this area was called "Punjnad". When Muslims enter in this area this region called "Punjab". Punjab is among the most ancient areas of the world. It is the far most homeland of human being. Invaders always at tacked Punjab f i r s t , to ent e r into the sub-Continent. During 1500 B.C Ayarians first invaded this land Dravidians and Manda were inhabitants of this land at that time. After Ayarians Egyptian king "OS-RUS" and then Asyria's Queen also attacked on this land. Tatars also attacked on Punjab. The king of Iran DARA also occupied Punjab. During 326 B.C Alexander the great also marched towards this land. After him king of Muyrian empire Chandragupta established his rule in this land. Then after him Khushan Dynasty captured Punjab. Gradually passing these stages Punjab came into the hands of Muslim rulers and first of them was Muhammad Bin Qasim and Mehmood Ghaznwi. Then came the period of Sikh rulers they captured Lahore (part of Punjab) in 1768 A.D and in 1799 they completely occupied the Punjab as a whole. In 1849 after the death of one of Sikh raja's Ranjit Singh Englishman became able to entered in and captured the Punjab. During the partition of 1947 Punjab segregated into two parts the Eastern Punjab and the Western Punjab. Punjab has rich culture because many nations and civilizations took their part in it as well as it has very old history. In this research article it is tried to describe the poli t ical hi story culture and geoghaphy of Punjab.

Dr Saima Batool. (2018) کتھا دیس پنجاب دی, Parakh, Volume 3, Issue 2, 6th Edition.
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