Peshawar, the capital
of NWFP has long been known as the
“Frontier Town” standing right at the
entrance of the world famous, Khyber
Pass. It holds the key to the gateway of
the sub-continent. A mention of the city
of Peshawar is found in history written
as far back as 400 A.D.
Different historians have called it
different names which are in fact
variations of its present name. The
oldest name has been traced in Kharoshti
record found near Attock, dated 119
A.D., where it is spelt as ‘Poshapura’,
a Sanskrit name meaning the city of
flowers. Al-Masoodi and Al-Beruni, in
the 10th and 11th centuries mentioned
its name as ‘Parshawar’ in their
travelogues and the city retained this
name till the time of King Akbar who
persianised it to Peshawar, a
combination of two Persian words “Pesh”
and “Awar” meaning artisans, because of
the large number of skilled artisans in
the city.
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