Tarihin jihar yana da ɗan wahala ganin yadda aka ga raba Indiya Pakistan, kuma wani yanki na yankin yana makwabtaka da shi yanzu. Wayewar farko da mafi tsufa a duniya wato wayewar Indus Valley sun tsaya kuma suka yanke shawarar tafiyar da yawancin yankin Punjab, tare da garuruwa irin su Harappa da Mohenjodaro yanzu suna cikin lardin Punjab na Pakistan na zamani.
Muhimman jihohin yankin sune Amritsar, Bathinda, Barnala, Faridkot, Fatehgarh Sahib, Firozpur, Gurdaspur, Hoshiyarpur, Jalandhar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana, Mansa, Moga, Muktsar, Patiala, Roopnagar, Mohali, Sangrur, Nawalshehar, Tarn-Taran da kuma wasu.
Akwai dangantaka tsakanin rawa, abinci, da ikon yin rayuwa mai daɗi da cikar komai, ba tare da la'akari da sana'ar ku ba, ajin ku, yanayin ku, ko addininku. Bukukuwan da ake yi a jihar ana saka su ne a lokutan damina, lokacin girbi da shuka domin noma shi ne babban aikin tattalin arzikin jihar. Kidan jama'a Punjab ita ce ruhinta da zuciyarta don al'adunta. Bikin aure na Indiya kusan ba za a iya misaltuwa ba tare da waƙa da kiɗan Punjabi ba. Kewayon bayanin kula yana daga tsaka-tsakin motsin rai zuwa peppy beats, wanda ke amfani da kowane nau'in motsin rai kuma don haka ya zama yanki mai kyau na ba da labari. Gabaɗaya, sha'awar barkwanci da barkwanci kuma ana danganta su da mutanen Punjab kamar Barkwancin Sardaar.
Punjab sananne ne don abubuwan more rayuwa wanda yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan jihohin India ta fuskar wadata, da habakar tattalin arziki, da kuma abinci. Jiha ce ke da mafi karancin gudumawa a cikin talakawan al'ummarta kuma tana da daidaiton zamantakewa da tattalin arziki ta fuskar rayuwa. Don haka ita ce jihar da za a kira Mini India, wanda kakanninmu da masu gwagwarmayar 'yanci za su yi tunanin Indiya ya kamata. Masana'antar wasanni da kayan hosiery sune mafi kyawun jihar wanda koyaushe yana cikin ƙima da mutuntawa, kuma yana ba da inganci da daidaitattun kayayyaki.
Tsarin addini na jihar shine Sikhism 57.69%, Hindu 38.49%, Islam 1.93%, Kirista 1.26%, Jainism 0.16% Buddhism 0.12%, Wasu 0.35% bisa ga ranar ƙidayar 2011.
Golden Haikali na jihar a Amritsar shine wurin ibada mai tsarki don ziyarar Sikhs. Dukkan masu addini suna ziyartar wurin don nutsewa cikin nutsuwa da kwanciyar hankali na gurus. Akwai wasu Gurudwaras da yawa, da temples a cikin jihar kuma.
Wayewa a nan yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi tsufa a duniya kuma sananne kuma an san shi a cikin ƙasashe da yawa a yanzu. Al'adu, harshe, dabi'un ɗan adam, abinci, sutura, rubutun, manyan mutane masu zuciya, tarihin al'adu, tsarin jama'a, addini, ƙarfi da dai sauransu sun sa jihar ta zama ta musamman a cikin sharuddan ta kuma yawanci ana danganta ta a matsayin kawai arewacin Indiya a wasu lokuta. Punjabi, harshen yankin an ce ya samo asali ne daga Sanskrit. Punjab kasa ce ta manyan waliyyai, wuraren addini, ’yan wasa, ’yan wasan kwaikwayo, abinci da masu fafutukar yanci. An ce dandano da ɗanɗanon yankin yana ba da baki saboda amfani da ghee, man shanu da kirim, ƙwarewar jita-jita a nan duka masu cin ganyayyaki ne da kuma waɗanda ba na cin ganyayyaki ba. Duniya na son dandano saboda kayan yaji da aka saka, don haka akwai sarƙoƙi na gidajen abinci da gidajen abinci da yawa a cikin duniya iri ɗaya, wanda kasuwanci ne mai riba gabaɗaya. Al'adar Dhaba kuma ya samo asali daga nan, kodayake girkin gida ya bambanta da salon gidan abinci.