Forms of Trade and Skills in the Pre-Colonial Punjab...Findings presented in Punjab: Past & Present..A conference

Listen recording of a lecture about history of Trade and skills in Pre-colonial Punjab and its surroundings.

We often reproduce knowledge penned by European travelers written about our lands yet in those books of European travelers the prime sources are local writings of pre-colonial times. Do we know about those local sources?

Forms of Trade & Skills in the Pre-Colonial Punjab: Findings presented in the ''Punjab: Past & Present conference'' Some Clips...watch 5 short videos and complete recording.

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University of GCU efforts to introduce Punjab and its surroundings with students is an appreciable act and hope other Universities will follow it too.Abdul Qadir Mushtaq, Tohid Ahmad Chattha and their friends did well in this short time. It is important to deconstruct colonial knowledge, search for various non-colonial sources of knowledge regarding our region so that future generations can develop alternative narrative. Will share complete recording soon

Clip 1
I presented some extracts of a chapter of my unpublished trilogy   and this chapter is based on information penned by various European and American travelers like Charles von Hügel, Morecraft, Jecy mont, Alexander Burnes, Col. Steinback, Alexander Gardner etc. All were on different missions and all had ability to learn languages, drawing maps and recording socio-political information. It was not age of google earth or Facebook so their information was important in making policies.

Clip 2

Sources of revenue, importance of Lhor and its surroundings...What Ain e Akhbari recorded? What was Frontier Forward Politics? Why Bengal and the Punjab were important 

Clip 3

Sources of Punjabi knowldge and Portuguese...Noor nama: another source written in Kashmiri language ...What Portuguese written about us? 

Clip 4

Power of river ttrade and it's link with sea route
Navigation in Sutleg, campaign of morcraft for Pashmina sources, What Syed Ali Rais, a Turkish admiral recorded in mirrors of Countries 


Clip 5
Importance of revenue, end of morecraft, the book of Col Sainback 1844 and its importance regarding annexation plans.



Further things
Misconceptions regarding the Punjab