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
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Karnal
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Battlefield

Karnal

ਕਰਨਾਲکرنال

Town on the old road from the Punjab to Delhi, where Nadir Shah destroyed the Mughal army in 1739.

Karnal, Haryana, India

People

Kalpana Chawla
Kalpana Chawla1962 – 2003

Astronaut from Karnal, the first woman born in India to fly into space, who died when the shuttle Columbia broke apart in 2003.

Liaquat Ali Khan
Liaquat Ali Khan1895 – 1951

Pakistan's first Prime Minister, born at Karnal in the east of the Punjab, assassinated at Rawalpindi in 1951.

Battles

1739KarnalBattle of KarnalNadir Shah of PersiavsMughal emperor Muhammad ShahPersian victory; Delhi sacked

In the world's museums

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Watercolour of the canal of Ali Mardan Khan at Karnal from 'Views by Seeta Ram from…Watercolour of the canal of Ali Mardan Khan at Karnal from 'Views by Seeta Ram from…British Library, London · photo Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822) (Wikimedia Commons) ↗

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