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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 ( Baradari ).
Punjabis are the native people of Pothohar, speaking Punjabi in forms of various dialects. [19] Major dialects or varieties spoken in the region include Pothwari, predominantly spoken in the northern and central areas of the plateau, with Dhanni being spoken in the southern areas, Majhi in the eastern and Hindko (specifically Ghebi and Chachhi) in the western areas. [20]
Ruler Reign Note Shaikha Khokhar: c. 1380 – 1399 Jasrat: c. 1405 – 1442 Had capital at Sialkot [1]: Jhanda Khan Ghakkar: unknown – c. 1493: Established city of Rawalpindi [2]
Pahari-Pothwari is a dialect of Punjabi, [b] spoken on the Pothohar Plateau in the far north of Punjab, Pakistan, as well as in most of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir and in western areas of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, is known by a variety of names, the most common of which are Pahari (English: / p ə ˈ h ɑː r i /; [1] an ambiguous name also applied to other unrelated ...
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]
The Janjua or Janjhua is a Punjabi Rajput [1] [2] clan found predominantly in the Pothohar Plateau of Pakistani Punjab, but also in the states of Punjab and Haryana in India. [ 3 ] History and origin
The tribes of the Bar region would be contacted by Sufi mystics like Fariduddin Ganjshakar over the centuries and converted to Islam, albeit a syncretic form. Gakhars of the Pothohar plateau were noted for their martial capabilities and gradually converted to Islam. [15] The Shrine of Baba Farid, one of the most notable Punjabi Sufi saints
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 ...