The gateway state of India in the ancient times through which invaders from the northwest-Greeks, Turks, Mongals, Percians and Afgans entered india. The region was known to the Greeks as Pentopotamia because of the five rivers that ran through it. the Percians named it Panj (Five) aab(waters) - a name which has struct.

Punjab is a land hallowed by saints and scarred by battles, an ancient land yielding archaeological treasures, a land of palaces and museums. A visitor to Punjab can see the Golden Temple at Amritsar, the world's highest straight gravity dam at Bhakra, India¹s Steel City ­ Gobindgarh, and the worldŒs biggest grain market at Khanna. No one has ever gone back from Punjab without leaving a part of himself behind and taking part of Punjab with him.

Punjab is easy to reach by road, rail or air. From Delhi, Chandigarh, the state capital is 246 km and Amritsar, the northernmost city of the state is 446 Kms.