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Origins of Lahore

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226: 107:. Lahore was called by different names throughout history. To date there is no conclusive evidence as to when it was founded. Some historians trace the history of the city as far back as 4000 years ago. However, historically, it has been proved that Lahore is at least 2,000 years old. Lying on the main trade and invasion routes to South Asia, Lahore has been ruled and plundered by a number of dynasties and hordes. 2993: 116: 3003: 192:
however, a popular belief, that when the devil was cast out of heaven, he fell in Cabool. In Cabool itself there are not exactly traditions of Alexander, but both Herat and Lahore are said to have been founded by slaves of that conqueror, whom they call a prophet. Their names were Heri (the old name of Herat) and Lahore.
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It is said that Cabool was formerly named Zabool, from a kaffir, or infidel king, who founded it; hence the name of Zaboolistan. Some authors have stated, that the remains of the tomb of Cabool, or Cain, the son of Adam, are pointed out in the city; but the people have no such traditions. It is,
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and the Sagal of the Buddhists. But its position, 65 miles from the bank of the Hydraotes (Ravi), precludes the identity of its situation with that suggested by the enterprising traveller. Yet both Curtius and Arrian agree in stating that Alexander crossed the Hydraotes (Ravi) before advancing
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But the entire absence of the name of Lahore, or any city with a name approaching it, which may be fairly identified with it, in the writings of the historians of Alexander, coupled with the fact that no coins of Indo-Bactrian or Indo-Scythic dynasties have been discovered at Lahore or in its
167:), the son of Rama. The identification was, according to the same authority, first made in Kiepert's Map of India according to Ptolemy, which accompanied Lassen's ‘Indische Alterthums Kunde.’ Therefore, strong evidence exists on the origin of city at the time of Ramayana. 131:, surnamed Ptolemy, the celebrated astronomer and geographer, wrote his geography, which was used as a textbook by succeeding ages. He flourished in Alexandria in 139 AD; and there is evidence of his having been alive in 161 AD. In his geography he mentions a city called 103:(city) with "impressive temples, large markets and huge orchards." It refers to "two major markets around which dwellings exist," and it also mentions "the mud walls that enclose these two dwellings to make it one." The original document is currently held in the 244:. Burnes would identify Lahore with Sanghala, mentioned by Arrian and Curtius, the classical writers, as the stronghold of the Kathaean or Khatri tribe. This is the Sanghala of Alexander, mentioned also by Diadorus, and recognized as the Sakala of the 17: 159:). This place, from its name and locality, Wilford would identify with Lahore. With this inference General Cunningham agrees, identifying Lahore with the Labokla of Ptolemy, and taking the first two syllables, 249:
against Sanghala to punish the insurgent Kathaeans, described as a “free Indian nation.” There can, therefore, be no doubt that the conqueror crossed the Ravi in the immediate neighbourhood of Lahore, which “
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Travels Into Bokhara, Being the Account of a Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia: Also, Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus, from the Sea to Lahore, Volume 1
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as the probable period of Prince Kanaksen's migration from Lahore, namely, the middle of the 2nd century that
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in seventh century (630) A.D. He describes the town of Lahore as, “chiefly inhabited by brahmins.”.
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was most probably the position of his camp when he heard of the recusancy of the Kathaean.
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The oldest authentic document about Lahore was written anonymously in 982. It is called
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and published in Lahore. In this document, Lahore is referred to as a small
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invasion, or it would have, doubtless, been mentioned by the Greek writers.
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HUDUD AL-'ALAM 'The Regions of the World' A Persian Geography
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Annual bibliography of Indian history and Indology, Volume 4
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An early Baroque artist's rendition of Claudius Ptolemaeus.
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was a British explorer and a diplomat associated with
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Dawn Pakistan - The 'shroud' over Lahore's antiquity
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Lava
Kusha
Lahore
Sanskrit
Lava
Sita
Kasur
Kusha
Lahore Fort
Lava temple
Lava
etymological theory of Lahore's origin
Hudud-i-Alam
English
Vladimir Fedorovich Minorsky
British Museum

Colonel Tod
Claudius Ptolemeus
Indus River
Patna
Kashmir
Jhelum River
Chenab River
Ravi River
Alexander Burnes
The Great Game
Cabul
Candahar

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