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{{Short description|Salt mine and mountain range in Punjab, Pakistan}}
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[[File:Salt Range.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Salt Range in [[Mianwali District]], [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]], Pakistan]]
The '''Salt Range''' ({{lang-pnb|{{nq|سلسلہ کوہ نمک}}}}) is a [[mountain range]] in the north of [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]]<ref name=eb>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Salt Range |volume=24 |page=94}}</ref> province of [[Pakistan]], deriving its name from its extensive deposits of [[rock salt]].<ref name=eb/><ref>[https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6118/ The Salt Range and Khewra Salt Mine] ''whc.unesco.org'', accessed
In the Himalayan and Salt Range, rock containing fossil of marine life go back to the Ediacaran period (up to 570 million years ago), which shows these rocks have developed out of sea sediments, and that where we have the Himalayas now was once a sea.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Habib |first=Irfan |title=People's History of India - Prehistory |publisher=Tulika Books |year=2021 |isbn=9789382381525 |location=New Delhi |pages=6 |language=English}}</ref>
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The [[Awan (tribe)|Awans]], [[Khokhar]]s, [[Gakhars]], and [[Janjua]]s had engaged in an endless battle for sovereignty over the Salt Range.
{{blockquote|The history of this region (the Salt Range) from the thirteenth century onward had been a sickening record of wars between various landowning dominant and ruling clans of Punjabi Muslims including the Khokhars, Janjuas, Awans and Gakhars for political ascendancy.
According to the Emperor Babar, the Jude and the Janjua were "two races descended from the same father, "<ref>Autobiography translated by Erskine, p251</ref> who from old times had been rulers of the hills between Nilab and Bhera, that is, of the Salt Range. "On one-half of the hill lived the Jud, and on the other half the Janjua." The Awans now occupy western half of these hills towards Nilab and Janjuas (Rajputs) on eastern part of these Hills. Juds are actually a sub-clan of Janjuas and there are still 7 seven villages of Juds near Dhrabi Area of Chakwal including Dhrabi village and Dam. They are descendants of Raja Jodh who was 2nd Prince of Janjua King Raja Mal Dev Khan Janjua. There are several forts on these hills and all of them were built by Janjua Rajputs and their ancestors the Pandav's at Katas Raj as well as the Janjua Shahi Dynasty of 2nd Kabul Shahis at Nandna fort.
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==Habitat==
The Salt Range has a high level of biodiversity and is home to a number of wildlife sanctuaries ([[Chumbi Surla Wildlife Sanctuary|ChumbiSurla]], Jahlar Lake, Sodhi, Khabekki Lake and KundalRakh) and protected areas, including the [[Chinji National Park]] and several forest (e.g. Simli Reserved Forest and Noorpur Reserved Forest) and wetland areas (including [[Uchhali Lake|Ucchali]], Jahlar and [[Khabikki Lake|Khabbiki]] lakes).<ref name=WWF>
==See also==
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