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The historical Vedic religion constituted the religious ideas and practices in the Punjab during the Vedic period (1500–500 BCE), centered primarily in the worship of Indra. [ 72 ] [ 73 ] [ 74 ] [ note 1 ] The bulk of the Rigveda was composed in the Punjab region between circa 1500 and 1200 BC, [ 75 ] while later Vedic scriptures were ...
The historical Vedic religion constituted the religious ideas and practices in the Punjab during the Vedic period (1500–500 BCE), centered primarily in the worship of Indra. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ note 1 ] The bulk of the Rigveda was composed in the Punjab region between circa 1500 and 1200 BC, [ 9 ] while later Vedic scriptures were composed ...
The first census following partition grouped the East Punjab region together under the name Punjab, Pepsu, Himachal Pradesh, Bilaspur & Delhi. [54] Below is the religious demographics of this region broken down by district with an overall total as per the 1951 census of India.
Religious groups in the Punjab Region (2011 Census of India & 2017 Census of Pakistan) [152] ... formed parts of the various ethnic groups in the region, ...
Punjabi Muslims are Punjabis who are adherents of Islam. [4] [5] With a population of more than 112 million, they are the third-largest predominantly Islam-adhering Muslim ethnicity in the world, [6] after Arabs [7] and Bengalis.
The main ethnic group are the Punjabis, with Sikhs (57.7%) and Hindus (38.5%) forming the dominant religious groups. [12] The state capital, Chandigarh, is a union territory and also the capital of the neighbouring state of Haryana. Three tributaries of the Indus River — the Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi — flow through Punjab. [13]
Hinduism is the oldest recorded religion practiced by the Punjabi people. [17] The historical Vedic religion of the Vedic period (1500–500 BCE) constituted the religious ideas and practices in Punjab, and centred primarily in the worship of Indra, the Hindu god of heaven and lightning. [18]
Punjabi culture grew out of the settlements along the five rivers (the name Punjab, is derived from two Persian words, Panj meaning "Five" and Âb meaning "Water") which served as an important route to the Near East as early as the ancient Indus Valley civilization, dating back to 3000 BCE. [1]