Abstract
Literature is an alternate source of presenting and archiving history and culture all over the world. Undoubtedly, Social Sciences like Anthropology, Sociology and history, have studied and archived the cultures of the world, but literature usually presents and interprets it in "new creative" ways. This creative angle may be used to understand and analyze the culture and history of any area. Subcontinent since ancient times has had a great cultural history with its vast geography. The multi-layered culture and history of subcontinent have been documented in different languages and literatures. Urdu, a relatively modern language is an example of such treasure. It has presented and documented the culture in forms of poetry and novel in a mature way. Many Urdu novelists have presented the culture of undivided subcontinent in an objective manner. This study will analyze the "manner" and "way" the Urdu novel used to present the cultural history of subcontinent. This will hopefully helps to shed a new light on the subcontinent's collective culture
