Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/ [Home](https://jugti.com/)/Kosh # The Koshਪੰਜਾਬ ਦਾ ਕੋਸ਼ People, places, books, words and faith of Punjab, with sources. Search the Kosh **In the news:** Parvinder Singh Jhota and 4 more[Today's news →](https://jugti.com/news/) ## People 167 entries [See all people →](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/) * [PeopleMusic61 entries](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/music/) * [PeopleWriters & poets33 entries](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/writers/) * [PeopleSports18 entries](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/sports/) * [PeopleActors & entertainers15 entries](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/actors/) * [PeopleFreedom struggle7 entries](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/freedom/) ## Places 12,422 places [See all places →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/) * [PlacesCities and towns166 entries](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/cities/) * [PlacesVillages12,168 entries](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/villages/) * [PlacesHistoric sites14 entries](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/historic/) * [PlacesRivers and wetlands8 entries](https://jugti.com/kosh/rivers-and-wetlands/) * [PlacesBy district29 districts](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/map/#districts) ## Books 55 books [See all books →](https://jugti.com/kosh/books/) * [BooksNovels22 entries](https://jugti.com/kosh/books/novel/) * [BooksPoetry18 entries](https://jugti.com/kosh/books/poetry/) * [BooksQisse4 entries](https://jugti.com/kosh/books/qissa/) * [BooksShort stories3 entries](https://jugti.com/kosh/books/short-stories/) * [BooksMemoirs3 entries](https://jugti.com/kosh/books/memoir/) ## Words 338 words [See all words →](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/) * [ਪਟੋਲਾWordpatolaslang for a beautiful, stylishly dressed woman; a compliment in Punjabi songs and speech](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/patola/) * [ਆਉਣਾWordaunato come: to move toward the speaker or home](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/auna/) * [ਜਾਣਾWordjanato go: to move away toward a place](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/jana/) * [ਗੁਰਪੁਰਬWordgurpuraba Guru’s anniversary festival: birth, martyrdom or landmark day of a Sikh Guru](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/gurpurab/) * [ਨਹਿਰWordnehara canal: a man-made waterway carrying river water to fields](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/nehar/) ## Religion 314 entries [See all religion →](https://jugti.com/kosh/religions/) * [ReligionSikhism179 entries](https://jugti.com/kosh/religions/sikhism/) * [ReligionHinduism86 entries](https://jugti.com/kosh/religions/hinduism/) * [ReligionIslam and Sufi12 entries](https://jugti.com/kosh/religions/islam/) ## Start here [**Poets and writers**](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/writers/)[**The freedom struggle**](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/freedom/)[**Sporting heroes**](https://jugti.com/kosh/people/sports/)[**Punjab's rivers**](https://jugti.com/kosh/rivers-and-wetlands/) ## Browse by region [Map of the main places →](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/map/) [](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/region/majha/) ### [Majha](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/region/majha/) The heartland, north of the Beas. [Amritsar](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/amritsar/)[Pathankot](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/pathankot/)[Sujanpur](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sujanpur/) [](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/region/doaba/) ### [Doaba](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/region/doaba/) Between the Beas and the Sutlej. [Jalandhar](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/jalandhar/)[Hoshiarpur](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hoshiarpur/)[Kapurthala](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/kapurthala/) [](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/region/malwa/) ### [Malwa](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/region/malwa/) South of the Sutlej. [Ludhiana](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/ludhiana/)[Patiala](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/patiala/)[Bathinda](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/bathinda/) [](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/region/west-punjab/) ### [West Punjab](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/region/west-punjab/) Across the border, in Pakistan. [Lahore](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/lahore/)[Kartarpur](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/kartarpur/)[Faisalabad](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/faisalabad/) [](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/region/diaspora/) ### [Diaspora](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/region/diaspora/) Punjabis abroad: Canada, the UK, the US and beyond. [Vancouver](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/vancouver/)[Brampton](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/brampton/)[Southall](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/southall/) ## Punjab through time [All events →](https://jugti.com/kosh/events/) 1. 1st centuryc. 1st century[Founded as Raghupur by Raja Raghab, a Brahmin ruler.](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rahon/)Rahon 2. 2nd century187 BC[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus builds the Via Aemilia; Regium Lepidi, modern Reggio, is founded on it.](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/reggio-emilia/)Reggio Emilia 3. 7th century630s[The Chinese traveller Xuanzang notes Sirhind as the capital of the Shitotulo (Sutlej) district.](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/sirhind/)Sirhind 4. 8th century753 BC[Rome's legendary founding by Romulus, the date from which the city counted its years.](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/rome/)Rome 5. 9th century808[Charlemagne orders the Hammaburg castle built between the Alster and the Elbe, the origin of Hamburg's name.](https://jugti.com/kosh/places/hamburg/)Hamburg ## Reading lists [All books →](https://jugti.com/kosh/books/) * [ਪਿੰਜਰ**Partition in Punjabi writing**Novels and poems written in the shadow of 1947, from both sides of the border.6 books →](https://jugti.com/kosh/books/list/partition-in-punjabi-writing/) * [ਹੀਰ**Qisse: the great love stories**Heer Ranjha, Sassi Punnun, Mirza Sahiban and the poets who told them.2 books →](https://jugti.com/kosh/books/list/qisse-the-great-love-stories/) * [ਲੂਣਾ**Where to start with poetry**Short, much-loved collections for readers new to Punjabi verse.6 books →](https://jugti.com/kosh/books/list/where-to-start-with-poetry/) ## A to Z [Full index →](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/) [A](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=A)[B](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=B)[C](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=C)[D](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=D)[E](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=E)[F](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=F)[G](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=G)[H](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=H)[I](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=I)[J](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=J)[K](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=K)[L](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=L)[M](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=M)[N](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=N)[O](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=O)[P](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=P)[Q](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=Q)[R](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=R)[S](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=S)[T](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=T)[U](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=U)[V](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=V)[W](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=W)[X](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=X)[Y](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=Y)[Z](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=Z) [ੳ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A9%B3)[ਅ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%85)[ੲ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A9%B2)[ਸ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%B8)[ਹ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%B9)[ਕ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%95)[ਖ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%96)[ਗ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%97)[ਘ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%98)[ਙ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%99)[ਚ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%9A)[ਛ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%9B)[ਜ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%9C)[ਝ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%9D)[ਞ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%9E)[ਟ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%9F)[ਠ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%A0)[ਡ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%A1)[ਢ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%A2)[ਣ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%A3)[ਤ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%A4)[ਥ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%A5)[ਦ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%A6)[ਧ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%A7)[ਨ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%A8)[ਪ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%AA)[ਫ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%AB)[ਬ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%AC)[ਭ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%AD)[ਮ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%AE)[ਯ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%AF)[ਰ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%B0)[ਲ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%B2)[ਵ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A8%B5)[ੜ](https://jugti.com/kosh/a-z/?l=%E0%A9%9C) **28,957 sources behind the entries**Books, archives, official records and our own reporting, recorded for every entry. **Reviewed by editors**Entries are checked by our editors, and entries in the news are checked again when stories change. **Open to correction**Spot a mistake or a missing fact? 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