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Peshawar alongside the modern day Ghandara region were found in the Vedic Scripture as Pushkalavati. Foundation. Peshawar was founded as the city of Puruṣapura, on the Gandhara Plains in the broad Valley of Peshawar in 100 CE. It may have been named after a Hindu raja who ruled the city who was known as Purush.
The history of Peshawar is intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent. The region was known as Puruṣapura in Sanskrit, literally meaning "city of men". [a] Being among the most ancient cities of the Indian subcontinent, Peshawar had for centuries been a center of trade between West Asia, Central Asia, and the Indian ...
The Mahabat Khan Mosque ( Hindko and Urdu: مہابت خان مسجد) ( Pashto: مهابت خان جومات ), sometimes spelt Mohabbat Khan Mosque, is a 17th-century Mughal -era mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan. The mosque was built in 1630, and named after the Mughal governor of Peshawar, Nawab Mohabat Khan Kamboh, father of Nawab Khairandesh ...
Retrieved 17 December 2014. Taliban attackers' brazen assault on a school in Pakistan's Peshawar city that claimed the lives of over 150 pupils today has brought back chilling memories of a similar bloodbath in Russia in 2004 when Chechen rebels stormed a school. ^ Spencer, Richard (17 December 2014).
Bala Hissar ( Pashto / Urdu / Hindko: قلعه بالاحصار ), also spelt Bala Hisar, is an historic fortress located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. First mentioned by 7th-century explorer Xuanzang, the fort was used as a royal residence for the Durrani Empire since 1747, when the Afghan king, Ahmad Shah Durrani, conquered Peshawar.
The Peshawar Museum was founded in 1907 as "Victoria Hall," in memory of Queen Victoria. The two-story building was built in a syncretic architectural style consisting of British, Hindu, Buddhist and Mughal Islamic styles. The museum initially had only one exhibition hall, but two more were added in 1969–70.
District. Peshawar District. Time zone. UTC+5 ( PST) Ormur ( Pashto: اورمړ ), (Urdu: ارمڑ), also spelled Urmar, is a neighborhood on the outskirts of Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It comprises three similarly named villages: Ormur Bala, Ormur Miana, and Ormur Payan. [1] [2]
Iqra National University (Formerly Peshawar Campus of Iqra University KPK) Qurtuba University. Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology. CECOS University of IT and Emerging Sciences. Preston University. City University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar. Frontier Women University.