Punjab

or Punjaub, (The,) (pün'jab,) an extensive territory of Brit. India, occupying the area confined by the Sutlej on the E. and the Indus on the W. The surface constitutes a plain, with a soil of moderate fertility, producing grain, hemp, tobacco, and fruits. C. Lahore. The P. was the theatre of Alexander the Great's campaigns over Porus; became an independent kingdom under Runjeet Singh in 1791; and in 1849became a British prov. Pop. 17,593,946. [s. 742]