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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 ).
Map of Pothohar Tilla Jogian, 2nd highest peak in Jhelum District. Pothohar Plateau is bounded on the east by the Jhelum River, [3] on the west by the Indus River, on the north by the Kala Chitta Range and the Margalla Hills, and on the south by the Salt Range. [1] The southern end of the plateau is bounded by the Thal desert. [1]
2012-03-02 19:15 Elraja1988 2365×1890× (804699 bytes) More accurate mapping, previous map was locations of constituent districts, this map is a better representation of where exactly the plateau lies within the greater pothohar region.
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]
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]
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 ...
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 ...