Punjab

or Five Rivers . An extensive river of Hindostan, situated chiefly in the province of Lahore, but including Moultan, and comprising the country traversed by the “five great waters,” or rivers, of which the Indus is the most westerly, and the Sutlej the most easterly. This region was traversed by Alexander the Great in 327 B.C. ; and again by Tamer lane in 1398. The wars with the Sikhs began here on March 29, 1849, when the Punjab was annexed to the British po e ions in India.