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Explore settlements and heritage sites across both modern Punjabs and connected regions.

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Historical Punjab and the two modern administrative Punjabs have different boundaries. Every place is described within its stated scope.

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Kallar Kahar Lake

Kallar Kahar Lake is a Salt Range wetland in Chakwal district. It is distinct from the separately designated Uchhali Ramsar complex.

Chakwal district, Punjab, Pakistan
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Kangra and historical Punjab

Kangra, now in Himachal Pradesh, has a fort and a history that includes the 1905 earthquake and earlier Punjab administration.

Himachal Pradesh, India
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Kanjli Wetland

Learn how Kanjli Wetland formed on the Kali Bein and why its wildlife and water quality matter.

Kapurthala district, Punjab, India
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Kapurthala

Kapurthala’s Ahluwalia history is reflected in Jagatjit Palace, Shalimar Gardens and the early twentieth-century Moorish Mosque.

Punjab, India
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Kasur: city, district and a reused monument

Kasur connects a border landscape, the memory of Bulleh Shah and a historic building now associated with its museum. Keeping city and district separate makes that history clearer.

Pakistan Punjab
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Khanna

Khanna in Ludhiana district has a history of grain trading, railway connections and urban planning.

Punjab, India
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Kirana Bar: land use in the Chaj Doab

Kirana Bar is a historical landscape between the Jhelum and Chenab. The relation to the planned name Kirari remains unestablished.

Pakistani Punjab

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