PUNJAB for Thought
PUNJAB for thought. bundle ofprecious memories,anaddress bookfilledwithnewfriends,andoodlesoffood Fewof warmhospitalitythatcomesstraightfromtheheart. travellers leave here withouta saltmines. ofCholistanandtheKhewra thedeserts and UchSharif,ancientforts, border-closing ceremony. there BeyondLahore, are sublimeshrinesand tombs inMultan (Islamic mysticism)andqawwalidevotionalsinging), the Old Cityandtheoutlandish on theroadtoorfromIndia. Stepping youwillencounter offinLahore awesomeSufism Pakistan’s mostverdant province andhometomore thanhalfofthenation’spopulation. named after thefive rivers oftheregion Beas,JhelumandChenab.Punjab –theSutlej,Ravi, is ofPakistan, thevibrantstateSprawled acrosstheheart ofPunjab (Persian for‘Five Waters’) is Punjab 94 © LonelyPlanetPublications And then,ofcourse,there are thepeople. Punjabis are alife-loving lotwithalong tradition For thevisitorPunjab isatreasure trove ofexperiences,andshould bemore thanastop
HIGHLIGHTS
POPULATION: 79,429,701 Travelling deepunderground intotheworld’s Taking a leisurely strollbackintimeatthe Exploringthe bevyofbeautifulshrinesand throughthetangleoftwistingalley- Rambling Joiningpumped-uppatriotsastheywatchburly tooneofthemostphenomenal SoultrippinginLahore second-largest saltminein impressive tombs of ning 17th-century historic ways inLahore’s Wagah at ( p120) fascinating out-salute atthe their‘rival’Indiancounterparts Pakistani soldierstrytoout-stomp, out-scowl and qawwali andSufiexpositions Lahore Fort Multan Lahore Museum closing-of-the-border ceremonyclosing-of-the-border OldCity 18) and (p128) Badshahi Mosque Badshahi ( p102 ) andthecity’sstun- ( p105 ) enroute tothe Khewra (p107) Uch Sharif ( p104 ) ontheplanet ( p138) (p103) (p127)
AREA : 205,345 SQKM
Uch Sharif Multan Khewra Lahore Wagah PUNJAB 95 Jammu Border Crossing Closed Amritsar Border Crossing Closed Srinagar I N D I A Firozpur Sialkot
Wagah
Line of LAHORE
I N D I A Gujranwala Control Sharif Sharakpur
Gujrat
Rd Kasur River Mirpur Jhelum and may not be correct Sheikhupura
00 100 km 60 miles Trunk Mangla Dam Nankana & K A S H M I R Muzaffarabad A Z A D J A M M U Dina Wazirabad Murree Okara on this map have not been authenticated
Mandra
Pakpattan
The external boundaries of Pakistan & India
Rawalpindi KKH Motorway Grand River Shah ISLAMABAD Fort Bahawalnagar Faisalabad Rohtas Sahiwal Choa Saidan
Chiniot
Khewra River Changa Manga
Wildlife Reserve
Ravi Harappa
Ὀ Abdal Motorway Hasan
Sargodha
Fort Abbas Hwy Ketas
Chakwal Chistian Bikaner Taxila Sutlej
Kallar Kahar Chenab Jhang
Village Mardan
Harappa
Attock River
Khaur Talagang Jhelum
Lal Suhanra Shorkot
Khushab National National Park
Climate Climate The ideal time to visit is between November betweenThe ideal time to visit is November the weather is delightful when and March, aster, but the resulting bloodshed was far was bloodshed the resulting but aster, exchanges Massive worse anticipated. than Trains crammed population took place. of inter- fleeingwith Muslims were westward killed by Hindu were and passengers cepted and Sikh Sikhs Hindus and rushing to mobs. at the same gruesome fate the east suffered By the time the Punjab Muslims. the hands of than 10 million more had run its course, chaos sides and even the most people had changed conservative that 250,000 calculate estimates The true figure people had been slaughtered. a million. than half may well be more Vehari Khanewal Dingarh Fort Attock Fort
Mianwali Kohat Channan Pir River Bahawalpur Lodhran Ὀ Multan
Peshawar
Yazman Kalabagh Ravi Fort Ahmadpur East Muzaffargarh Derawar
Head
Kot River Panjnad
Addu
Indus Dera (Desert)
Sahib Nawab Cholistan
Hwy Indus Dera Khan Ghazi Uch Sharif
Khanpur
Bannu Range Chachran Khan Sarkhi Sarwar Rahim Yar
ὄὄ ὄὄ Dera Ismail Khan
Choti
F R O N T I E R P R O V I N C E
River Suleiman Khar N O R T H - W E S T Mithankot Bhong Mosque Fort Munro
Rakhni Indus PUNJAB •• History Zhob Sui S I N D H
B A L O C H I S T A N
A F G H A N I S T A N
In 1947 Partition ripped through ripped the heart In 1947 Partition PUNJAB Sukkur
To Loralai (5km); Quetta (115km) History History border slicing between Punjab’s two major border slicing between Punjab’s two major cities – Amritsar India) and (in present-day Punjab It was clear that Lahore (in Pakistan). for an epic dis- contained all the ingredients of the original Indian Punjab, with the new the original Indian Punjab, with of been a focus for great kingdoms. The Mughals kingdoms. The been for great a focus even made Lahore their capital some years for part in making it theand played a significant the region. of centre cultural and intellectual British, are a number of historically significant historically of a number British, are has long Lahore. including This region centres, Traditional routes to the Indian subcontinent to the routes Traditional all crossed the Punjabfrom Central have Asia the old Mughal Strung along highway,region. by the Trunk Rd (GT Rd) named the Grand lonelyplanet.com