Poonch: About District PoonchPoonch has witnessed many

About District PoonchPoonch has witnessed many historical era. Around 326 BC when Alexander the Great invaded the lower Jhelum belt to fight with Porus, this region was known as Dravabhisar. In 6th Century AD, the famous Chinese traveler Huien Tsang passed through this area. According to his observation, this region was known as Part of Kashmir. Around 850 AD Poonch became a sovereign state ruled by Raja Nar, who was basically a horse trader. According to Rajtrangani Raja Trilochan Pal of ... Poonch is a town in western Jammu and Kashmir union territory, northern India. It lies at the confluence of the Belar and Poonch rivers, at the southern foot of the western Pir Panjal Range, and is situated near the line of control between the Indian- and Pakistani-administered portions of Kashmir. Poonch : 13 killed after schools, gurudwara and houses targeted by Pakistan Army The indiscriminate shelling by Pakistan created panic among the border residents who were forced to take refuge in ... Pakistan’s shelling of Poonch civilians seen as a war crime and breach of international law