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is a well known Jat clan in Punjab. Furthermore, Professor
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Eggermont said, "J. Ph. Vogel showed that the mound of Shorkot (Jhang district, between Chenab, Indus, and Ravi rivers) represents the site of Sibipura, the town (pura) of the Sibis, which is mentioned in a Shorkot inscription". Even today
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Professor B.S. Dhillon writes that the ancient city of
Sibipura or Shivipura which means the city of Shivi is today called "Shorkot" and is located in the Jhang district of Punjab, Pakistan. As per
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in Vahika. V. K. Mathur tells us the location of
Shivirashtra, the kingdom of king Shivi, at Shorkot in Jhang district of Pakistan.
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Ashtadhyayi of Panini mentions janapada Uśīnara (उशीनर) (IV.2.118) - Panini mentions Ushinara as part of
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built a tomb for Pir
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