Qisse: the love legends

The great tragedy of Punjab: Heer of Jhang and the flute-playing Ranjha of Takht Hazara, parted by family and poisoned at the end.

Sassi follows her kidnapped husband Punnun barefoot across the desert of Thal until the sand swallows her.

The Robin Hood of the bar: a Bhatti Rajput who defied Akbar, rescued kidnapped girls and is sung of at every Lohri fire.

The darkest of the legends: the Kharal archer Mirza rides off with Sahiban, who breaks his arrows while he sleeps.

Sohni, a potter's daughter of Gujrat, swims the Chenab each night on a clay pot to meet Mahiwal, until the pot is swapped for an unbaked one.

Prince Puran of Sialkot, falsely accused by his stepmother, is mutilated and thrown into a well, and rises as a holy man.

The ballad of the outlaw of Maur in the Malwa, who took to the jungle to avenge his brother and robbed the rich.

The ballad of the man from Samaon who killed for his family's honour and was hunted as an outlaw.

Puran's half-brother, the hero-king of Sialkot who fought giants, played chaupar with kings and rode his horse Fauladi across the Salt Range.