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13 hours ago · Etymology. The region was originally called Sapta Sindhu Rivers, the Vedic land of the seven rivers originally: Saraswati, Indus, Sutlej, Jehlum, Chenab, Ravi, and Beas. The Sanskrit name for the region, as mentioned in the Ramayana and Mahabharata for example, was Pañcanada which means literally "Five Waters", and was translated from Sanskrit to Farsi as Panj-Âb after the Islamic conquests.
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13 hours ago · Punjab (/ p ʌ n ˈ dʒ ɑː b / ⓘ;, Punjabi: [pənˈdʒɑːb] ⓘ), historically known as Panchanada (Sanskrit) or Pentapotamia, is a state in northwestern India.Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the north and northeast, Haryana to the south and southeast, and Rajasthan to the southwest; by ...
- 26 January 1950
- India
13 hours ago · Gurdaspur will be witnessing a four-cornered contest for the first time. In such a scenario, the winning margins are bound to be on the lower side. This means it could be anybody’s game.
