Peshawar

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 city, capital city of state/province/region, taluka headquarter, district headquarter
Tehsil Peshawar, District Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
The city was known as Purushapura (The city of Flowers).
The region was part of Gandhara, and had links to the Harappan civilization of the Indus river valley and to Bactria and Ariana, an ancient name for Afghanistan.
According to the historian Tertius Chandler, Peshawar had a population of 120,000 in the year 100 C.E., making it the seventh most populous city in the world.
The founder of the Mughul dynasty that would conquer South Asia, Babur Shah came to Peshawar and found a city called Begram and rebuilt the fort there, in 1530. His grandson, Akbar, formally named the city Peshawar which means "The Place at the Frontier" in Persian.
The Pakhtun conqueror Sher Shah Suri, turned Peshawar's renaissance into a boom when he ran his Delhi-to-Kabul Shahi Road through the Khyber Pass and Peshawar. Thus the Mughals turned Peshawar into a "City of Flowers" by planting trees and laying out gardens similar to those found to the west in Persia. Khushal Khan Khattak, the Pakhtun/Afghan warrior poet, was born near Peshawar and his life was intimately tied to the city. He was also an implacable foe of the Mughal rulers, especially Aurangzeb. Khattak was an early Pakhtun nationalist, who agitated for an independent Afghanistan including Peshawar. After the decline of the Mughal Empire, the city came under Persian control during the reign of Nadir Shah by the 18th century.

Peshawar would also join, following a loya jirga as a Pakhtun region, the Afghan/Pakhtun empire of Ahmad Shah Durrani by 1747. Pakhtuns from Peshawar took part in incursions of South Asia during the rule of Ahmad Shah Durrani and his successors. The Sikhs invaded and conquered Peshawar in 1834 after wresting it from Afghanistan. Sikh soldiers burned a large part of the city and felled the trees shading its many gardens for firewood. The following 30 years of Sikh rule saw the destruction of Peshawar's own Shalimar Gardens, not to mention the dwindling of the city's population by almost half.

With the collapse of the Sikh Empire and its defeat in the second Anglo-Sikh War, the British eventually occupied the city. They continued to rule from 1849 to 1947, when the city became part of the new nation of Pakistan.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshawar
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Coordinates:   33°59'52"N   71°29'43"E

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  • hindustan was known to everybody the civilisation starts after hindukush mountains hence no doubt about peshawar was parsurampura.
  • Yes of course a gate called RAMPURA Gate exists here in Peshawar.
  • I am overwhelmed that Peshawar still has that old world charm of the 19th century. It is a pity that Afghan refugees have ruined this city's charm.
  • Any thing for history before 14 century..who was the ruler
  • Purushapura[Peshawar]was once a jewel in India. It was a seat of learning at that time like modern day Oxford. Many great Hidu & Buddhist scholars hailed from here like PANINI who was a famous Sanskrit teacher of ancient INDIA.
  • Peshawar is known as city of hospitility. It is Gateway to Afghanistan and Central Asia.
  • Pekhawar kho pekhawar de kana. Peshawar is the best!!
  • peshawer tho peshawer hay.
  • Hi, It is to let you know that the map of FR Peshawar (Tribal Area) is incomplete and the search engine cannot find even the most popular Areas of Hussan Khel.
  • i was born in peshawar in 1948. it is a great city but unfortunately its beauty has been eroded by the afghan people. but i still love it as it is.
  • For those people's kind information who rubish that afghan refugees ruined peshwar. I am from afghanistan but i was 2 years old when came to peshawar and growth here. when we came to peshawar it was a city an old city as it was found in 14 century with no development. with the flued of afghans it became a business and econimical hub of pakistan afghan refugees brought there wealthy culture here where you can find effect of it now in every house in peshawar in there livings foods etc... before there was tangas(transportation supported by horses) you could hardly found a car now you can find every kind of modern cars here. before the afghans the people were living eating sleeping on charpai(kat in pashto and bed in english)now you can find afghan culture in every house of peshawar with carpets toshaks baleshts you name it. it will take ages if i describe the benifits of afghans to peshawar.
  • my sweet mustafa, for your kind infos; its not like i want to disgrace ur culture, tradation & people, but u know same Afghani use to enter mosques with wearing slippers (shoes etc). Lots of Disease came with the war strickend affected people. nd still coz of you people e.g Afghan Colony (full of dirt), Taj abad (full of bad smell), Kacha Ghari (ruined like hell) all criminals were living there, Shamshatoo Camp the area where there you can find any arm, drug or what so ever called illegal. you people raised AK47 Culture. i will write more
  • My dream city Peshawar . just from childhood i want to see this great city ,as it is the city of my grand parents . as pre i know peshawar is one of the oldest civilized city of asia , it was known as busines capital of asia ,as i think the famous bazar {kissa khani bazar} is much attractive than chandni chowk of delhi, so whenever i got a chance i will wisit to peshawar to see my grand family's home {it is in gali kakdan near mohalla karimpura }
  • i thinks that peshawar has lost some charm but still good enough
  • AOA (Greetings) 2 all I'm from Peshawar by birth and from my parents Peshawar is very beutiful peceful city but the comming of different peoples to peshawar from various side destroy the peshwar, I don't wnt to blame nyone but my self first
  • i am from lahore.peopla of pashawar are very nice. god save this beautiful city from taliban and the criminal refugees.so,that this city could get its early fame.we love pashawar.
  • i belong to karachi but since 1995 iam living in peshawar ........it is very beautiful n peaceful city ......sorry it was,but even though it shines as b4 i do agree with most of the previous comments but i must say the afghan refugees has spoiled not only peshawar but whole country ,its just the kindness of pakistanis otherwise go n search about the ways in which these afghanis r treated in iran. neways we still welcome needy coz we r pakistani n iam proud to be a pkistani. peshawar has its own culture which is still unchaged n makes it different n beautiful city n people of peshawar specially pathans r much polite n humble compared to pathans of any other area of the world. pesho have its unique customs,tradition n the people of this area were always prosperous n will remain prosperous inshallah.
  • Sikhs, Hindus, Muslims, Pathans and Tribals were very kind, when I was growing-up younger, during my age, in 1944, being always deeply praying to God, for their communities. May God take care-of and bless, all. Ameen!
  • my name is zakir khan n i m living in peshawer, v all family belong to peshawer by birth my whole family our elders, peshawer is very beautifull city it is gate way to india in ancient time. most of the conqurer enter to india through peshawer , afghan refuges is our brother here also lives and bussiness many sikhs hindu and cristian,as a muslim country , muslim r many in number n pukhtoon.
  • The great city of ancient India peshawar, is the city of joy. Form this great city whereas the history of India starts. I never visited Peshawar, but i want to visit Peshawar, and it's also a part of my dream. I am from India, our soil has been divided in 1947 but not our culture, belief and love. I want to point out Afgan refugee problem. It's true that Afgan culture enriched our civilization. The economic growth of Afganistan is not attractive from the modern point of view. so, we want to assist afgan people. Afganistan is a land locked country, so, naturally she is dependent on Pakistan from the point of view of external trade and commerce. My country India is also affected by refugee problem. In south India, especially in the state of Tamil Naru, whereas Srilankan Tamil refugee affected the culture of Tamil naru. The refugees left their sweet homes, and resettled in refugee receiving country. its true that in all over in the world, the refugees gradually enrolled their name in the 'dark world'.they do not get immediate better option to live in . From this page, i would like to say,if our country reunite i must celebrate the moment.But India & Pakistan are two independent nations-it's a reality. From this point of view, i would like to say, we want to establish consolidated South Asia,as like as European Union model. And there must be a common currency, a common identity card. and my dream is ,the passport -visa system would be demolished forever, and there must be established a train service from Dhaka to Kabul. From this service we want to show honour the king Sher shah, who established the "Shahi road" from Dhaka to kabul. A F M shebgatulla west bengal kolkata India.
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  • I am a peshori aur pekhawri and i love peshawar, today peshawar is not as beautiful at it used to be but sorry to say i will not be putting all blame of afghan but some blame should also be put upon we typical peshories that we did not give respect and love to our beloved city that it really deserved
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  • From a mirpuri, please keep your city free of punjabi scum; everywhere they go they bring chaos. I wish the taliban would just bomb lahore instead of peshawar... the whole of the punjab needs to be bombed into submission. Fuck punjabis
  • I LOVE PUKHTUNS PEOPLES AND ALSO I LOVE PAK ARMY . GOOD LUCK PAK ARMY .
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