Ancient Names of Punjab

[Deep Singh]

Ancient names of Punjab:

Panch-aal (Sanskrit)

Panch-Nadd (Sanskrit)

Paenta-Potamia (Greek)

Punj-ab (Sanskrit/Persian)

Other related names for "Punjab Area":

Sapt Sindhu (Sanskrit - land of seven rivers)

Vaheek-Desh (From word 'Vahoona', as in Hall Vahoona, ie to work in the field, that means the land of farmers..)

Madra-Desh (Puranic name - The country north-west of Hindustan)

Tak-Desh (perhaps related to the country around Taksila..)

etc..

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[Akaal Purakh Di Fauj]

New Name for Punjab:

Khalistan

[amandeep]

From "Sicques Tigers or Thieves, Eyewitness Accounts of the Sikhs, 1606-1809":

Ancient accounts make reference to the original seven rivers of Punjab in the epithet Sapt Sindhava (the land of seven rivers.) In early Sanskrit literature only the five rivers are alluded to in the term Panchanad. Later Greeks accounts recounting Alexander the Great’s travel through the country also define the region by its five rivers in the term Penta Potamia. Gurû Gobind Singh refers to Punjab fondly in the autobiographical work Bachitar Nâtak using the ancient name Madra Deú as the Gurû recounts how he was bought from Patna and lovingly cared for in the country of his forefathers.

[GABROO KHALISTAN DAH]

notice how it wuz never part of hindustan or ne other foriegn rule.

IT WILL BE INDEPENDANT

[Deep Singh]

Amandeep Singh Ji,

Do you know which Greek accounts have the word 'Penta Potamia' (used for Punjab)? I think it has to be 'land of the five' also...Potamia as in Meso-Potamia, and Penta is five(?).

Thanks!

If some of you guys want more info about the different names (other than Penta Potamia), i can give the proper reference, in case someone needs it is.

[Guest Jahan]

Potohar region was also known as Gandhara.

[Deep Singh]

Potohar region was also known as Gandhara.

Veerji, i thaught the name Gandhara is for Kandhar in Afghanistan...

But one dialect of Punjabi is Potohari. Would you please share with us where this area (Potohar) lies? I mean like which present day districts... :wub: Thanks.

[Guest Jahan]

Potohar region would include present day districts of West Punjab like Attock, Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Chakwal, Mianwali etc