{"slug": "punjab-pakistan", "label": "Punjab, Pakistan", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab%2C_Pakistan", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4478", "qid": "Q4478", "description": "province of Pakistan", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [-179, 1996], "span_label": ["180 BCE", "1996 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Punjab (province)"], "related": [{"slug": "pakistan", "label": "Pakistan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sindh", "label": "Sindh", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "gujarat", "label": "Gujarat", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "taxila", "label": "Taxila", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "bactria", "label": "Bactria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sanskrit", "label": "Sanskrit", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "muslims", "label": "Muslims", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rajasthan", "label": "Rajasthan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lahore", "label": "Lahore", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-marwar", "label": "Kingdom of Marwar", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -179, "year_label": "180 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Apollodotus I, a general with Demetrius I of Bactria, becomes king of the western and southern parts of the Indo-Greek kingdom, from Taxila in Punjab to the areas of Sindh and possibly Gujarat. He maintains his allegiance to Demetrius I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266100368#Bactria", "title": "180 BC", "revid": 1266100368, "section": "Events › By place › Bactria"}}, {"year": -159, "year_label": "160 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Apollodotus I, Indo-Greek king who, since 180 BC, has ruled the western and southern parts of the Indo-Greek kingdom, from Taxila in Punjab to the areas of Sindh and possibly Gujarat", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266100355#Deaths", "title": "160 BC", "revid": 1266100355, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -154, "year_label": "155 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Menander I (known as Milinda in Sanskrit and Pali) begins his reign as king of the Indo-Greek Kingdom. His territories cover the eastern dominions of the divided Greek empire of Bactria (Panjshir and Kapisa) and extend to the modern Pakistani province of Punjab, most of the Indian states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh and the Jammu region. His capital is considered to have been Sagala, a prosperous city in northern Punjab believed to be modern Sialkot.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370594154#Bactria", "title": "155 BC", "revid": 1370594154, "section": "Events › By place › Bactria"}}, {"year": 711, "year_label": "711 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Muhammad ibn Qasim captures the fortress city of Multan after a long siege, and raids with his forces the Punjab region, with only light Muslim casualties.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358403455#Asia", "title": "AD 711", "revid": 1358403455, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1594, "year_label": "1594 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 15", "text": "December 15 – King Udai Singh of Marwar (now the Rajasthan and Punjab states of India and the Punjab province of Pakistan) returns to Lahore after having captured the Siwana fort.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319812312#October–December", "title": "1594", "revid": 1319812312, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1996, "year_label": "1996 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 28", "text": "April 28 – Bhai Pheru bus bombing: A bomb explodes in Bhai Pheru, Punjab, Pakistan, killing more than 60 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371596794#April", "title": "1996", "revid": 1371596794, "section": "Events › April"}}]}