Pind Dadan Khan (tehsil)
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Pind Dadan Khan (Urdu/Punjabi: پنڈ دادن خان) is a tehsil, a minor administrative area of Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan. It is located on the bank of River Jhelum, about 28 kilometres from the M2 motorway.
The area is well known for Khewra Salt Mines, Asia's largest salt mine, in use for over 2000 years, and which features an underground mosque. The area has a long history going back to the time of Alexander the Great's invasion (see Punjab (Pakistan)). The small town of Jalalpur Sharif is located in Pind Dadan Khan and is said to be where Alexander the Great's famous horse, Bucephalus is buried.
This pind (from punjabi word for village), is named after Nawab Dadan Khan, the Muslim Governor of Lahore in the 1700s.
[edit] References
- Modern Impex Salt crystal lamp company website with article on Khewra Salt Mine
- 1911 Encyclopedia Pind Dadan Khan
- Nawab Dadan Khan scroll to entry no25
[edit] External links
- Contact Pakistan Newsletter scroll down to "I Love My Pakistan: Jhelum"
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