THE 'VISITORS' KALEIDOSCOPE : 'O! East is East: and West is West, and…' the 'twain did meet & will continue to meet, at great cost; in Punjab: the Land of the Five rivers: JEHLUM, CHENAB, RAVI, BEAS, SUTLUJ; which continue to flow since ancient times, from the roof of the world: the Himalayas, along the plateaus, foothills, plains, deltas; into the Arabian Sea: for all successive River INDUS VALLEY civilizations: A very sacred land: every inch an imprint of almost all the major ancient religions: of the East: and of the West: whose priests and soldiers: here, one after another: all had their: wave and way, wars and warriors, sword and sway: forging each other, till the Seekers from amongst themselves, led by Guru Nanak, revolted proclaiming -'Na Mai Hindu! Na Mai Musulmaan'- Neither am I a Hindu! Nor am I a Muslim! - ushering in the latest revolutionary religion :Sikhism, of -'Ek Onkar Sat Naam'- There is One God: The True Name - : followed by -'the Sikhs'- the Seekers - : followers of this new faith. These pot pourri excerpts below, hence, glimpse facets: Before: During: After: - 'The Gurus'- of the Punjab & their Punjabiat: -

" The Muhammadan : and
Moghuls:
invaders,
who came,
driven by
lust of
loot
territory and
pride of creed,
to found one of the greatest
Muhammadan
Empires
the world has ever seen!
The devastating hordes
repeatedly
led successively by: -
Qutlugh,
Timur,
Nadir Shah, and
Ahmad Shah Abdhali !
The armies of
Babur and of
Humayan all alike
entered
India
across the wide plains
land of the five rivers
of the
Punjab…. "

[ *Excerpt from: A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North - West Frontier Provinces: compiled by H.A. ROSE. Based on the Census Report for the Punjab, 1883 : By Sir DENZIL IBBETSON, K.C.S.I., and the Census Report for the Punjab, 1892, and the Hon. Mr E.D.MacLAGAN, C.S.I., Pub : Director, Language Department, Punjab. ]

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