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Map of early Iron Age Vedic India after Witzel (1989). Realms or tribes are labelled black, Foreign tribes mentioned in early Vedic texts purple, Vedic shakhas in green. Rivers are labelled blue. The Thar desert is marked orange. The original Punjab region is now divided into several units: West Punjab (now in Pakistan) including the Gandhara and Multan regions, the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and the Indian Union territories of Delhi and Chandigarh. Jammu, Kashmir and Sindh have been historically associated with the Punjab. Satadru/Shutadri (Sutlej), Vipasa (Beas),

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  • Hinduism in Punjab
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  • Map of early Iron Age Vedic India after Witzel (1989). Realms or tribes are labelled black, Foreign tribes mentioned in early Vedic texts purple, Vedic shakhas in green. Rivers are labelled blue. The Thar desert is marked orange. The original Punjab region is now divided into several units: West Punjab (now in Pakistan) including the Gandhara and Multan regions, the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and the Indian Union territories of Delhi and Chandigarh. Jammu, Kashmir and Sindh have been historically associated with the Punjab. Satadru/Shutadri (Sutlej), Vipasa (Beas),
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  • Map of early Iron Age Vedic India after Witzel (1989). Realms or tribes are labelled black, Foreign tribes mentioned in early Vedic texts purple, Vedic shakhas in green. Rivers are labelled blue. The Thar desert is marked orange. The original Punjab region is now divided into several units: West Punjab (now in Pakistan) including the Gandhara and Multan regions, the Indian states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh and the Indian Union territories of Delhi and Chandigarh. Jammu, Kashmir and Sindh have been historically associated with the Punjab. The Punjab is the ‘Sapta Sindhu’ region mentioned in the in the Rig Veda, the seven rivers are: Saraswati (thought to be the present day Ghaggar), Satadru/Shutadri (Sutlej), Vipasa (Beas), Asikani (Chenab), Paroshani (Ravi), Vitasta/Vet (Jhelum) and Sindhu (Indus). The modern name of the Vipasa,'Beas' is thought to be a corruption of Veda Vyasa, the author of the Mahabharata. The region came to be known as Punjab only in the Mughal period.It was one of the cradles of Indian civilization and Hinduism. Among the classic books that wholly or partly composed in this region are the following. Rigveda Grammar of Sakatayana Ashtadhyayi of Panini Nirukta of Yaska Charaka Samhita Mahabharata along with the Bhagavad Gita Brihatkatha of Gunadya The Bakhshali Manuscript The world's oldest university Takshashila flourished here, even before the Buddha's birth. The descendants of the Rishis, form the Brahmins of Hindu society. The Brahmins of this region are called 'Saraswata' after the legendary Saraswati river region, once known for the ashramas of the rishis.
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