History of the Punjab | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-17

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History of the Punjab


00:01:22 1 Vedic Era
00:01:31 1.1 Indus Valley Civilisation
00:02:55 1.2 Vedic descriptions
00:06:07 2 Mauryan Era
00:06:16 2.1 Alexander's invasion
00:08:38 2.2 Maurya Empire
00:10:40 3 Golden Age
00:10:49 3.1 Gupta Empire
00:16:06 3.2 Empire of Harsha
00:17:06 4 Islamic Invasions
00:17:16 4.1 Early Islamic Invasions
00:19:52 4.2 Delhi Sultanate
00:24:33 4.3 Mughal Empire
00:26:45 4.3.1 Mughal conflicts with Sikhs
00:29:48 4.4 Durranis and Marathas
00:31:54 5 Sikh Rule
00:33:54 6 British Raj
00:37:26 7 Modern-day Punjab
00:39:25 8 See also



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The History of Punjab is intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent and the surrounding regions of South Asia, Central Asia and West Asia. Historically known as Sapta Sindhu, or the Land of Seven Rivers, the name Punjab was given by later Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent. 
Ancient Punjab region was the primary geographical extent of the Indus Valley Civilisation, which was notable for advanced technologies and amenities that the people of the region had used. The region was historically a Hindu-Buddhist region, known for its high activity of scholarship, technology, and arts. Intermittent wars between various kingdoms was characteristic of this time, except in times of temporary unification under centralised Indian Empires or invading powers.
After the arrival of Islamic invaders, that had managed to rule throughout a long period of the region's history, much of Western Punjab had become a centre of Islamic culture in the Indian subcontinent. An interlude of Sikh rule under the Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his Sikh Empire had seen a brief resurfacing of traditional culture until the British had annexed the region into their larger British Empire. After the British had left, the region was partitioned into a Hindu-Sikh majority area that would go to the secular state of India, and a Muslim majority area that would go to the Islamic state of Pakistan to prevent conflict.