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Rohtas Fort was built upon a hill overlooking the Pothohar Plateau. Rohtas Fort is a 16th-century fortress located near the city of Jhelum in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The fort is one of the largest and most formidable in the subcontinent. [34] Rohtas Fort was never taken by force, [35] and it has remained remarkably intact. [35]
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Following a list of the known rulers of the Pothohar Plateau: Ruler Reign Note Shaikha Khokhar: c. 1380 – 1399:
Tilla Jogian, second highest peak in the Pothohar plateau. The Pothohar Plateau is a plateau and historical sub-region in northern parts of the Punjab region, present-day Punjab, Pakistan. Ethnic Punjabis are the native people of the area and are subdivided into many tribes and clans . [1]
The city of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, is located on the Pothohar Plateau within the Islamabad Capital Territory—one of the earliest known sites of human settlement in Asia. [1] [2] Items of pottery and utensils dating back to prehistory have been found in several areas. [3] Limited excavations have confirmed evidence of prehistoric ...
Jhelum District (Urdu: ضلع جہلم) is a district, located partially on the Pothohar Plateau and in Indus Plain, in Punjab, Pakistan. Jhelum is one of the oldest districts of Punjab. It was established on 23 March 1849. [3]
Khokhar (Urdu: کھوکھر) is a historical Punjabi tribe primarily native to the Pothohar Plateau of Pakistani Punjab. Khokhars are also found in the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana. [1] Khokhars predominantly follow Islam, having converted to Islam from Hinduism after coming under the influence of Baba Farid. [1] [2] [3]
Gandhara (IAST: Gandhāra) was an ancient Indo-Aryan [1] civilization centred in present-day north-west Pakistan and north-east Afghanistan. [2] [3] [4] The core of the region of Gandhara was the Peshawar and Swat valleys extending as far east as the Pothohar Plateau in Punjab, though the cultural influence of Greater Gandhara extended westwards into the Kabul valley in Afghanistan, and ...
Riwat, located in the Pothohar Plateau, is one of the earliest sites containing Pre-Acheulean stone tools dated to around 2.5 Ma. [6] Similarly, the Pabbi Hills in Northern Pakistan have produced stone tools dated to 2.2 to 0.9 Ma. [ 15 ]