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Kasur or Qasur is the headquarters of Kasur District, Pakistan. It is the 20th most populous city of Pakistan. Bordered to the north by Lahore, by India to the south and east, the city is adjacent to the border of Ganda Singh Wala, a border with its own flag-lowering ceremony. Kasur is also the burial place of the legendary Sufi-poet Bulleh Shah.HistoryEarlyHindu mythology asserts that Kasur was founded by Prince Kusha, while Lahore, was founded by Prince Lava, the sons of the Hindu deities Rama and Sita.Kasur region was an agricultural region with forests during the Indus Valley Civilization. After overrunning the Achaemenid Empire in 331 BCE, Alexander marched into the present-day Punjab region with an army of 50,000. The Kasur region was ruled variously by the Maurya Empire, Indo-Greek kingdom, Kushan Empire, Gupta Empire, White Huns, Kushano-Hephthalites and Hindu Shahi kingdoms.