There arose many poets in the Punjab who earnestly endeavored to depict the colorful and panoramic culture of the Punjab but none of them was as successful as was the legend of the Punjab Waris Shah. Waris has portrayed the culture of the Punjab with all its colors and shades through his poetic rendition in form of the Heer. He has narrated so plainly norms and customs of the Punjab of his time that they to some extant are same even today in one shape or the other. This article deals with the Waris Shah’s depiction of the Punjab through his master piece the Heer.

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(1) KHOJ- Research Journal of Punjabi Department, University of the Punjab, Lahore. January-June 1994, Issue No. 31. p 95 

(2) Waris Shah, Heer. Compiled by Abdul Aziz, Punjabi Literary Academy, Lahore, 1964, p 04

(3) Waris Shah, Asli te Waddi Heer. Complied by Peeran Ditta, Malik Bashir Ahmad Book Seller, Kashmiri Bazar, Lahore. p 51

(4) Waris Shah, Heer. Compiled by Abdul Aziz. p 17

(5) Waris Shah, Heer. Compiled by Sharif Sabir, Waris Memorial Committee, Lahore, 1985. p 22

(6) Waris Shah, Heer. Compiled by Abdul Aziz. p 65

(7) Ibid. p 106

(8) Ibid. p 107

(9) Ali Abbas Jalalpuri: Maqamaat-e Waris Shah. Takhliqaat, Lahore, 1972.p 114

(10) Waris Shah, Heer. Compiled by Abdul Aziz. p 101

(11) Ibid. p 102

(12) Ibid. p 103

(13) Ibid. p 107

(14) Maqamaat-e Waris Shah. p 119

(15) Waris Shah, Heer. Compiled by Abdul Aziz. p 14

(16) Ibid. p 17

(17) Ibid. p 17

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