Punjab (Pun) Pun: ਪੰਜਾਬ pan̄jāb ‘Land of Five Rivers’. From Skt/Per: pañca(n)/panj, ‘five’; and Skt/Per: ap/ab, ‘water(s). The five rivers are the Beas, Sutlej, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum. Punjab Province, under British rule, covered a large area encompassing the...
Pun: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ amritasara ‘Pool of Immortality’ [Ramdaspur] -City/District, Punjab From Skt: amṛta ‘immortal’; and saras, ‘pool’, ‘lake’ Amritsar was founded by the 4th Sikh Guru, Ram Das, in 1577. He built a temple here surrounded...
