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In ________ Punjab was mentioned as Sapta Sindhu or Land of Seven rivers.

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Rigveda
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Samaveda
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Mahabharata
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Upanishads
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The correct option is A Rigveda

In Rigveda, Punjab was mentioned as Sapta Sindhu or Land of Seven rivers. The Sanskrit name for the region, as mentioned in the Ramayana and Mahabharata for example, was Panchanada which means “Land of the Five Rivers’, and was translated to Persian as Punjab after the Muslim conquests.


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