Pakistan travel series.... Next destination is RAWALPINDI...
RAWALPINDI (Pindi) BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE..... Rawalpindi also know as Pindi is one of the busiest and big city of pakistan. The word PINDI is derived from the punjabi language. Rawalpindi is situated with adjacent with Pakistan's capital ISLAMABAD , and together these two cities is know as TWIN CITIES on the basis of strong social and economical links with all other cities of Pakistan. Rawalpindi is 4rth largest city on the basis of pakistan's population while ISLAMABAD is the third largest city. HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE..... The region around RAWALPINDI has been inhibited for as much as thousand of years. As Rawalpindi is falls within the ancient boundaries of GANDHARA , this city has alot of Buddhist ruins. In the North-west area of rawalpindi traces of almost 55 stupas, 28 Buddhist monasteries, 9 temples and many other artifacts has been found till now. Alexander Cunningham identified Rawalpindi Cantonment as the ancient city of Ganjipur, the capital of Bha