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Which of the following are not the names of Punjab?

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Saptha Sindhu
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Pentapotamia
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Tsekai
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Punjab
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Solution

The correct option is D Punjab
Before its current name, Punjab had several ones. It was known as Pentapotamia meaning land of five rivers by the Greeks. Hiuen Tsang, a Chinese traveller, called it Tsekai. Punjab itself was a name that came with the advent of Turkish rulers in India.

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