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.......pela taan veer ji ih wording nai aa main taan sirf sabh di jaankari layi net tou chakki aa. hor v labh rea sheti oh v hazir kar deon........ih punjab de kush facts aa. main sirf ihi akna chounda ke punjab da culture bot rich aa....jinha aakh lao unha thoda.......pher sanu punjabi hon da maan kyu na hove?
----Punjab: A state that is split across the political boundaries of India and Pakistan. It is situated in the northern area of India, has it natural beauty like no where else.
***** Punjabi civilization is one of the oldest on earth, with its distinguished language, culture, food, attire, script, folklore, people, etc. Punjabi langauge has its originating source in Sanskrit, i.e. the family of Indo-European group of langauges which includes Persian and Latin. Punjab has always been the land of great saints and warriors. In 450 BC (2450 years ago), Alexander invaded Punjab and conquered the mighty Punjabi king named Porus whose kingdom was on the banks of river Chenab. He did not accept defeat and asked Greek king to show him the same respect as is due to the royal kings. He was restored back to his throne by Alexander. Alexander returned to Greece right before crossing the river Beas, as his forces refused to fight. In his terrain we have a reliable resource that tells us about Punjab 2450 years ago. Not much different from today!!!
** The history of Punjab goes back to the times of amespace prefix = st1 />Indus Valley civilization or the arrival of the Aryans
.
Lord Rama is also said to have been born at a place called Ghuram, now in Patiala district. Lord Sri Krishna delivered the immortal message of the Gita at Kurukshetra, which was well within the boundary of Punjab till very recently.
---- Taxilla University is believed to have been situated to the east of the Indus in the modern district of Rawalpindi now in Pakistan.
----Punjab was the first place on the Indian subcontinent where the Aryans actually decided to settle after a long period of grazing and fighting with the aboriginal communities.
---- This was the place where later parts of the Rigveda and other Vedas were written. This was also the place where first war for the control of entire north India or Aryawart (as it was known in those days) was fought between the Aryans and non-Aryans, known as Dasragya War (war of 10 kings).
The Rig-Veda, the oldest book in human history, is thought to have been written in the Punjab.
---- Punjab always had a strategic importance due to its position on the famous Grand Trunk Road that connected the eastern parts of India to the extreme northwest point of Taxila (now in Afghanistan). This road was first constructed by Ashoka to have a better administration of the northwestern frontier, which was always a problem. After the decline of the Mauryan Empire, the Indo Greeks, Guptas, and Vardhans ruled this region in succession.
----After the coming of Muslims in the 9th-10th century AD, the region became an integral part of the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire. It was also under the Maratha rule for some time.
----After the decline of the Mughal Empire, the most prominent ruler in this land was Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the early 19th century.
---- The boundaries of present day Indian Punjab for example, the region that this paper focuses on, have been redrawn several times over the last few centuries, currently occupying less than 15% of the total geographical area of pre-partition colonial Punjab
The geographical boundaries of the ancient Punjab have been identified by three words--Rig Vedic Sapta Sindhu, the land of seven rivers; epical Panchnod, the land of five rivers; and the Uttar Path of the Buddhistic literature. The stone articles of the Pleistocene age have been found in the valley of Suhan near Rawalpindi, Kangra, Pehalgam, Peshawar and Hoshiarpur, Sind and Balochistan, testifying to the chain of cultural unity extending to the whole of the region The Harappa-Ropar civilization was the outcome of the culture that developed over a vast area in Iran, Afghanistan, Balochistan and the north-western parts of the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent. It acquired a distinct individuality and developed a unique personality in the ace>Punjabace> and the neighbounng regions during 3250-1500 A.D, It is strange that the traces of this civilization are available in Rajasthan (Hanumangarh), ace>Meerutace> and in the far south in Avika Medu in Tamil Nadu. This was largely an urban civilization capped with all pervasive civic and aesthetic trappings.
The sketchy outline, with a large number of gaps and lacunae brings to light some significant features of the history and culture of the Punjab. It reveals that this region not 0nly played an important part in the history of India but also acted as the crossroads of many movements of culture, commerce and people in Asia. Thus it became a cockpit, a crucible and a confluence, in which there was an unending amalgamation of communities and cultures resulting in a broad, pragmatic, experimental and utilitarian outlook and a robust, and comprehensive commonsense view, which cut at the root of all sorts of dogmas, conventions and conservatism.
The Vedas adumbrated a philosophy of cosmic cohesion and harmony, the Upanishads expounded a doctrine of the fundamental unity of the self and the supreme self, the Gita taught the synthesis of knowledge (Jnana), faith (Bhakti) and action (Karma), as the basis of a sound norm of conduct; some schools of Mahayana stood for the eligibility of all men to spiritual fulfilment through active service of the living beings rather than cowardly escape from the world. At the fag end of the ancient period powerful teachers like Jalandharnatha lashed out at the inequities of the socio-religious system and Gorakhnatha stood for strong and clean life of self-control and inner discipline and purged the Natha-Siddha cult of the licentious practices that had crept into it. All these great movements of thought and belief brought about a renovation and reinvigoration in the whole complex of Indian culture from time to time. It is this catholicity of this land that inspired Rabindranath Tagore to sing a hymn to India, Bharatatirtha (1910).
Appearance of Guru Nanak (during this tempestuous period was event, significant not only for the but for the whole country.' He was founder of that powerful popular movement which has left a impression on the history and culture our country.
The religio-social movement of Guru Nanak was nurtured and strengthened by a line of illustrious successors coming down the year 1708. In the process 0f' development it was compelled by the circumstances to acquire militancy. The martyrdoms of the Guru Arjan (1563-1606 A.D.) and that of the Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621-1675 A.D.), the fifth and the ninth master, the heroic sacrifices of the tenth master Guru Gobind Singh, for the cause of humanity as a whole and for the preservation of our own spiritual and secular traditions find no comparison in the history of the world.
Punjab, India covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres (19,445 square miles). Punjab, Pakistan is 205,344 square kilometres, (79,284 square miles).
more to come............punjab nd punjabi facts
----Punjab: A state that is split across the political boundaries of India and Pakistan. It is situated in the northern area of India, has it natural beauty like no where else.
***** Punjabi civilization is one of the oldest on earth, with its distinguished language, culture, food, attire, script, folklore, people, etc. Punjabi langauge has its originating source in Sanskrit, i.e. the family of Indo-European group of langauges which includes Persian and Latin. Punjab has always been the land of great saints and warriors. In 450 BC (2450 years ago), Alexander invaded Punjab and conquered the mighty Punjabi king named Porus whose kingdom was on the banks of river Chenab. He did not accept defeat and asked Greek king to show him the same respect as is due to the royal kings. He was restored back to his throne by Alexander. Alexander returned to Greece right before crossing the river Beas, as his forces refused to fight. In his terrain we have a reliable resource that tells us about Punjab 2450 years ago. Not much different from today!!!
** The history of Punjab goes back to the times of amespace prefix = st1 />Indus Valley civilization or the arrival of the Aryans
.
Lord Rama is also said to have been born at a place called Ghuram, now in Patiala district. Lord Sri Krishna delivered the immortal message of the Gita at Kurukshetra, which was well within the boundary of Punjab till very recently.
---- Taxilla University is believed to have been situated to the east of the Indus in the modern district of Rawalpindi now in Pakistan.
----Punjab was the first place on the Indian subcontinent where the Aryans actually decided to settle after a long period of grazing and fighting with the aboriginal communities.
---- This was the place where later parts of the Rigveda and other Vedas were written. This was also the place where first war for the control of entire north India or Aryawart (as it was known in those days) was fought between the Aryans and non-Aryans, known as Dasragya War (war of 10 kings).
The Rig-Veda, the oldest book in human history, is thought to have been written in the Punjab.
---- Punjab always had a strategic importance due to its position on the famous Grand Trunk Road that connected the eastern parts of India to the extreme northwest point of Taxila (now in Afghanistan). This road was first constructed by Ashoka to have a better administration of the northwestern frontier, which was always a problem. After the decline of the Mauryan Empire, the Indo Greeks, Guptas, and Vardhans ruled this region in succession.
----After the coming of Muslims in the 9th-10th century AD, the region became an integral part of the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire. It was also under the Maratha rule for some time.
----After the decline of the Mughal Empire, the most prominent ruler in this land was Maharaja Ranjit Singh in the early 19th century.
---- The boundaries of present day Indian Punjab for example, the region that this paper focuses on, have been redrawn several times over the last few centuries, currently occupying less than 15% of the total geographical area of pre-partition colonial Punjab
The geographical boundaries of the ancient Punjab have been identified by three words--Rig Vedic Sapta Sindhu, the land of seven rivers; epical Panchnod, the land of five rivers; and the Uttar Path of the Buddhistic literature. The stone articles of the Pleistocene age have been found in the valley of Suhan near Rawalpindi, Kangra, Pehalgam, Peshawar and Hoshiarpur, Sind and Balochistan, testifying to the chain of cultural unity extending to the whole of the region The Harappa-Ropar civilization was the outcome of the culture that developed over a vast area in Iran, Afghanistan, Balochistan and the north-western parts of the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent. It acquired a distinct individuality and developed a unique personality in the ace>Punjabace> and the neighbounng regions during 3250-1500 A.D, It is strange that the traces of this civilization are available in Rajasthan (Hanumangarh), ace>Meerutace> and in the far south in Avika Medu in Tamil Nadu. This was largely an urban civilization capped with all pervasive civic and aesthetic trappings.
The sketchy outline, with a large number of gaps and lacunae brings to light some significant features of the history and culture of the Punjab. It reveals that this region not 0nly played an important part in the history of India but also acted as the crossroads of many movements of culture, commerce and people in Asia. Thus it became a cockpit, a crucible and a confluence, in which there was an unending amalgamation of communities and cultures resulting in a broad, pragmatic, experimental and utilitarian outlook and a robust, and comprehensive commonsense view, which cut at the root of all sorts of dogmas, conventions and conservatism.
The Vedas adumbrated a philosophy of cosmic cohesion and harmony, the Upanishads expounded a doctrine of the fundamental unity of the self and the supreme self, the Gita taught the synthesis of knowledge (Jnana), faith (Bhakti) and action (Karma), as the basis of a sound norm of conduct; some schools of Mahayana stood for the eligibility of all men to spiritual fulfilment through active service of the living beings rather than cowardly escape from the world. At the fag end of the ancient period powerful teachers like Jalandharnatha lashed out at the inequities of the socio-religious system and Gorakhnatha stood for strong and clean life of self-control and inner discipline and purged the Natha-Siddha cult of the licentious practices that had crept into it. All these great movements of thought and belief brought about a renovation and reinvigoration in the whole complex of Indian culture from time to time. It is this catholicity of this land that inspired Rabindranath Tagore to sing a hymn to India, Bharatatirtha (1910).
Appearance of Guru Nanak (during this tempestuous period was event, significant not only for the but for the whole country.' He was founder of that powerful popular movement which has left a impression on the history and culture our country.
The religio-social movement of Guru Nanak was nurtured and strengthened by a line of illustrious successors coming down the year 1708. In the process 0f' development it was compelled by the circumstances to acquire militancy. The martyrdoms of the Guru Arjan (1563-1606 A.D.) and that of the Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621-1675 A.D.), the fifth and the ninth master, the heroic sacrifices of the tenth master Guru Gobind Singh, for the cause of humanity as a whole and for the preservation of our own spiritual and secular traditions find no comparison in the history of the world.
Punjab, India covers an area of 50,362 square kilometres (19,445 square miles). Punjab, Pakistan is 205,344 square kilometres, (79,284 square miles).
more to come............punjab nd punjabi facts
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