Punjab

Punjabi culture is one of the most talked about culture which reflects the color and happiness in one. read about various aspects of punjabi culture.

Punjab - the land of five rivers - lies in North West India. In the Vedic Era, Punjab was called ‘Sapat Sindu’. Sapat Sindu means the land of seven rivers - the Sindu, Jehlum, Ravi, Chenab, Beas, Satluj and Yamuna. The Mughals persianised its name by calling it ‘Panj – Aab’ or -the land of five rivers- excluding Sindhu and Yamuna. Punj means five and aab means water, so Punjab means -the land of five rivers-.

Punjab is the most developed, most populous, and most prosperous province of Pakistan.^[5][6] Lahorehas been the capital of Punjab for a thousand years; it is Punjab's main cultural, historical, administrative and economic center.^[7] Punjab has been the gateway of the Indian subcontinent for the invaders from Greece, Central Asia, Iran and Afghanistan.^[8]Due to its stategic location, Punjab has been part of various empires and dynasties throughout history, including the Indus Valley Civilization, Aryans,Kushans, Scythians, Persians, Arabs, Turks,Ghaznavids, Timurids, Mughals, Afghans, Sikhs and the British.

The Greeks referred to Punjab as Pentapotamia, an inland delta of five converging rivers.^[9] In Avesta, the sacred text of Zoroastrians, the Punjab region is associated with the ancient hapta həndu or Sapta Sindhu, the Land of Seven Rivers.^[10] The British used to call Punjab "Our Prussia."