Punjabis from Pakistan Punjab was known as Aryavrata , the heartland of Indo-Aryans who wrote Vedas and defined India. It was also known as " Sapta-Sindhu " or the land of seven rivers - Sindh , Jhellum , Chinab , Raavi , Beas , Satluj , and Sirsa or Saraswati. The Punjabi culture starts from Haryana near Delhi through the heartland of Malwa, Doaba, and Majha in Eastern Punjab, India, and continues in the West Punjab regions of Lahore, Gujranwala, Multan, and Rawalpindi in NW Frontiers. The scene in a village is identical whether you are in Ambala, Batala, Sandal-Bar, or Mianwali. Punjab Village - painting by Harvinder Singh Sons of the Same Mother The villages are Hindu in Haryana, Sikh in East Punjab, and Muslims in West Punjab. But demographically, these villages are composed of virtually homogeneous inhabitants coming from literally identical demographic groups - Khatri, Pundit, Rajput, Arora, Jatt, Goojar, Tarkhan, Arrains, Saini, Banias, Jhinwar, Chamar,