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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 WikiPlacesCities & forts
Haripur
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City or fort

Haripur

ਹਰੀਪੁਰہری پور

Planned town founded in 1822 by Hari Singh Nalwa as the seat of Hazara, with the fort of Harikishangarh.

Haripur was founded in 1822 by Hari Singh Nalwa as the capital of Hazara, then a wild frontier district. He laid it out as a planned town, with a fort, Harikishangarh, and a water supply.

It was the first planned town of the region and has kept his name for two hundred years.

It is now a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, near the Tarbela dam.

Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

People

Chattar Singh Attariwala
Chattar Singh Attariwaladied 1855

Governor of Hazara whose rising in 1848, with his son Sher Singh, turned the Multan revolt into a full war.

On the timeline

1822 · Haripur founded

In the world's museums

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A 19th century sculpture of a male deity excavated from Haripur in KangraA 19th century sculpture of a male deity excavated from Haripur in KangraMuseum of Kangra Art, Dharamshala · photo Brahmavadini (Wikimedia Commons) · CC BY-SA ↗

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