17 Facts About Punjabi people

Coalescence of the various tribes, castes and the inhabitants of the Punjab region into a broader common "Punjabi people" identity initiated from the onset of the 18th century CE.

Traditionally, the Punjabi people identity is primarily linguistic, geographical and cultural.

Punjabi people have emigrated in large numbers to many parts of the world.

Punjabi people's kingdom spanned between rivers Hydaspes and Acesines ; Strabo had held the territory to contain almost 300 cities.

Punjabi people had a hostile relationship with the Kingdom of Taxila which was ruled by his extended family.

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Punjabi people was a Khokhar chieftain who travelled to Samarkand and profited from the contacts he made with the Timurid society Later on, Delhi Sultanate, weakened by invasion of Emir Timur, could not control all regions of the Empire and different local kingdoms appeared.

Punjabi people conquered Delhi for a brief period in 1431 but was driven out by Mubarak Shah.

The Sikhs later demanded a Punjabi people-speaking Punjab state with an autonomous Sikh government.

Punjabi people first practiced Hinduism, the oldest recorded religion in the Punjab region.

The majority of Punjabi people Muslims are adherents of Sunni Islam, while a minority adhere to Shia Islam and other sects, including the Ahmadiyya community which originated in Punjab during the British Raj.

Punjabi people culture grew out of the settlements along the five rivers, which served as an important route to the Near East as early as the ancient Indus Valley civilization, dating back to 3000 BCE.

Punjabi people is the most popular first language in Pakistan, with 80.

In Pakistan, Punjabi people is written using the Shahmukhi alphabet, based on the Perso-Arabic script; in India, it is written using the Gurmukhi alphabet, based on the Indic scripts.

Punjabi people is unusual among the Indo-Aryan languages and the broader Indo-European language family in its usage of lexical tone.

Punjabi people emerged as an Apabhramsha, a degenerated form of Prakrit, in the 7th century CE and became stable by the 10th century.

The earliest writings in Punjabi people belong to Nath Yogi era from 9th to 14th century CE.

Some Punjabi people Muslims participate in the traditional, seasonal festivals of the Punjab region: Baisakhi, Basant and to a minor scale Lohri, but this is controversial.