The land of five waters gave the world its first cities, its saints and its songs. Broken by every empire that crossed it, it is still ours to remember, and to make whole again.

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Land & Ages

The LandRivers, doabs, Harappa and the first cities, seasons, numbersAgesEight ages of the Punjab, from the Soan to todayTimelineEvery dated event on one lineAtlasEvery place on one map, age by agePlacesCities, ancient sites, temples, mosques and gurdwaras, battlefieldsLanguage & scriptsPunjabi, its dialects, Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi

People & Faiths

PeopleSaints and teachers, poets and singers, rulers, rebels, the people of both PunjabsPeople of the landJats, Rajputs, Arains, Khatris, Dalit communities and more, across every faithFaithsHindu traditions, Islam and the Sufis, Sikhi, and the Punjab's other faiths

Kingdoms & Struggles

Kingdoms & WarsWho ruled the Punjab, the Kingdom of Lahore, and the battles fought over itWho ruled the PunjabEvery ruling power, 518 BCE to todayWars & BattlesFrom the Hydaspes to BasantarStruggles & Partitions1849, 1919, 1947, 1966, 1984, 2020

Culture & Museum

CulturePoets, qisse, songs, music, dance, festivals, foodMuseumSculpture, coins, manuscripts, painting, arms, buildings, and where to see themChronicles & ProphecyThe poetry of the old chroniclesAboutWhat this atlas is, its sources, and every word explainedHelp maintain this siteCorrections, pictures, sources and new entries
Punjab WikiMuseumFrom the world's museumsPottery, metalwork, woodwork and jewellery
Pottery, metalwork, woodwork and jewellery · 37

Colonial Punjab

1849 – 1947

BoxBox19th century · Punjab (India)© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗NecklaceNecklace1800s · India, PunjabCleveland Museum of Art ↗Box and coverBox and coverca. 1850 · Lahore© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗Pen box and coverPen box and cover19th century · Lahore© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗VaseVase19th century · Lahore© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗Pen boxPen boxc.1850 · Lahore© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗A folding Qur’an standA folding Qur’an stand19th century · Jammu-KashmirArt Institute of Chicago ↗Dogra Silver Earrings, circa 19th century CE, Museum of Kangra Art DharamshalaDogra Silver Earrings, circa 19th century CE, Museum of Kangra Art DharamshalaMuseum of Kangra Art, Dharamshala · photo SpeakingArch (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA ↗EarringEarring19th century · Chamba© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗EarringEarring19th century · Chamba© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗BraceletsBracelets19th century · Punjab© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗EarringEarring19th century · Punjab© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗Head Ornament PairHead Ornament Pair19th century · Punjab© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗Knife and sheathKnife and sheath19th century · Punjab (India)© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗Haar, 19th CenturyHaar, 19th CenturyMuseum of Kangra Art, Dharamshala · photo Brahmavadini (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA ↗BroochBroochc.1866 · Punjab (India)© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗BroochBroochc.1866 · Punjab (India)© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗PendantPendantc.1866 · Punjab (India)© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗Fragment, Punjab (Pakistan)Fragment, Punjab (Pakistan)ca. 1855-1879 · Punjab (Pakistan)© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗Tile, MultanTile, Multan1877 · Multan© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗Tile, MultanTile, Multan1877 · Multan© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗CasketCasketca. 1880 · Sialkot© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗Tile panelTile panelc. 1880 · Multan© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗Tile, MultanTile, Multanca. 1880 · Multan© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗Border tileBorder tileca. 1880 · Multan© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗Tile, MultanTile, Multanca. 1880 · Multan© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗Writing boxWriting boxca. 1881-1882 · Chiniot© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗BoxBoxlate 19th century · Hoshiarpur© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗Address casketAddress casketc.1899 · Amritsar© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗Jeweled Necklace and PendantJeweled Necklace and Pendantbefore 1916 · India, Delhi in the PunjabCleveland Museum of Art ↗Necklace and PendantNecklace and Pendantbefore 1916 · India, Delhi in the PunjabCleveland Museum of Art ↗CrownCrown20th century · Himachal Pradesh© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗Nose ringNose ring20th century · Punjab (India)© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗Nose ringNose ring20th century · Punjab (India)© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗NecklaceNecklace20th century · Himachal Pradesh© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗NecklaceNecklace20th century · Himachal Pradesh© Victoria and Albert Museum, London ↗Patiala Necklace, 1928, Cartier, ParisPatiala Necklace, 1928, Cartier, ParisV&A, London · photo SpeakingArch (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA ↗

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Shown here are the objects whose pictures museums have released openly. Far more are in their collections, and in museums with no open search, such as the Lahore Museum. Searching for "Punjab".

Pictures from the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum (via Europeana), Bhuri Singh Museum, Chamba, 65 more, found automatically: public domain or openly licensed, except the V&A's, shown for non-commercial use with the museum's credit. Titles and dates are the museums' own; each card names its museum and any licence. Updated 2026-10-26.

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