PSEB SS History study guide
PSEB SS History · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) is the state school examination board for Punjab, established through a legislative enactment in November 1969 and granted autonomy by a 1987 amendment of its Act. It conducts board examinations at Classes 8, 10 and 12; the Class 10 paper is the Matriculation examination, the credential a candidate uses to move into Class 11 or into vocational and open-school routes. History sits inside the board's social science offering: the subject "Punjab History and Culture" is offered for Classes 9 to 12, and PSEB issued a circular on 17-07-2026 renaming that subject for Classes 9 to 12 effective from the 2026-27 academic year, with a follow-up circular dated 25-09-2026 addressing the subject for Classes 10 and 12 in 2026-27. Candidates should check the current subject name and syllabus on the board site before buying books. Topics on this exam: Punjab History and Culture (subject stream for Classes 9–12). The PSEB SS History study guide has 1 section and about 453 words.
01Punjab History and Culture: Chronology, Sources and Living Tradition
Punjab History and Culture is the Punjab School Education Board strand that runs from the Indus Valley settlements to the reorganisation of the state in 1966, together with the language, script, folk forms and Sikh institutions that grew alongside that history. Questions reward chronological precision and the ability to tie a source, a ruler and a consequence together. Harappan phase: Ropar (Rupnagar) on the Sutlej is the standard Punjab site cited; Manda, on the Chenab, is the northernmost Harappan site known. Sikh tradition: Guru Nanak (1469–1539) born at Rai Bhoi di Talwandi; Gurmukhi shaped and popularised under Guru Angad Dev; Guru Arjan compiled the Adi Granth in 1604 and installed it in the Harmandir Sahib; Guru Gobind Singh inaugurated the Khalsa in 1699 and closed the line of personal Guruship.
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