Puadh

Puadh
Cultural region of northwest India
This map shows the region of north India that falls under Puadh.
This map shows the region of north India that falls under Puadh.
Named afterpūrava āddha ("eastern-half")
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Ghaggar river Chandigarh, Mohali. The Ghaggar river flows through the Puadh region
The Punjab ("Five Rivers" and Ghaggar river); a physical map from "Companion Atlas to the Gazetteer of The World

Puadh (IAST: [puādha], sometimes anglicized as Poadh or Powadh) is a historic region in north India that comprises parts of present-day Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and the U.T. of Chandigarh, India. It has the Sutlej river in its north and covers the regions immediately south of the Ghaggar river. The people of the area are known as Puadhi and speak the Puadhi dialect of Punjabi. The district headquarters of Puadh region are Rupnagar, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mohali, Patiala, Chandigarh, Panchkula and Ambala. It is often subsumed under the Malwa region.

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