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Monday 13 March 2023

An Old mound in Depalpur

06th March 2018

Historically, Punjab has been geographically divided into various regions based on its prominent rivers, as the name "Punjab" itself signifies the presence of five main rivers. The Bari Doab region encompasses the areas situated between the Ravi, Beas, and Sutlej Rivers.

The Beas Doab region has consistently thrived due to its abundant crops, ample water resources, and favorable weather conditions. These advantageous factors have attracted human settlements to this region since ancient times. Even today, remnants of human civilizations from different eras can be observed in the form of mounds within the Beas Doab area.

One such old mound, located outside Depalpur city, houses a graveyard. The graves are constructed using remnants of old bricks and pottery items, serving as tangible evidence of the region's historical past.

Thursday 2 March 2023

An Old Mound at Khokhar Bhuddu Village Kamoke

18th February 2023

Punjab historically has been divided into regions based on its various rivers, since the name Punjab is based on its five main rivers. Rachna doab includes all the areas between the Chenab and Ravi Rivers, from the Jammu Division to their confluence in Punjab, Pakistan.

Rachna Doab has always been rich in crops, water, and ideal weather; these favorable conditions have always been suited to human civilization to habitat this region since old times. The evidence of human settlements from different periods still can be found today in the form of mounds in Rachna Doab. Khokhar Bhuddu village exists ten kilometers west of Kamoke city. The village is present on an old mound site. One still can see remains of mounds just outside of this village in the graveyard that exists on a high elevation area. The exact time period of this mound does not known.

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Monday 18 July 2022

Battle of Bhasin (1800 AD), and Samadhi of Bhangi Chieftain Sardar Gulab Singh

03rd July 2022

Bhasin is an old village, located some 10 Kilometers from Batapur in the east direction. Bhasin is located on an old mound and has also been destroyed in past twice by floods. During our visit elders shared a myth regarding Bhasin that when in the old days Lahore city used to destroy by the flood waters of Ravi it was only then water entered Bhasin due to its higher ground level than Lahore. Before the partition of 1947, here in Bhasin, a large community of Sikhs used to live, one still can find the remains of magnificent Havelis and Samadis.

Bhasin is also famous because of the ' Battle of Bhasin' that happened in 1800 AD. Bhangi chiefs of Lahore, Nizam-ud-Din, Nawab of Kasur, Sahib Singh of Gujarat, and the Ramgarhia Sardars felt jealous of the growing power of Ranjit Singh and formed a coalition against him. They met at Bhasin where they hatched a conspiracy to invite Ranjit Singh and murder him there

Ranjit Singh encamped in the plains of village Bhasin near Lahore. Ranjit Singh also got prepared for the contest. For two months, armies of both sides remained arrayed against each other. A few skirmishes took place but the confederates against Ranjit Singh did not risk full-scale war. During this period of procrastination, Bhangi Chief Gulab Singh, one day drank himself to death and his troopers left Bhasin, following which other allied forces also melted away and Ranjit Singh emerged victorious.