Re: Anthropology and peopling of India
Their language has nothing to do with the way they look. The Brahui of Pakistan speak some Dravidian sounding language, but they look anything but South Indian or the other predominantly Dravidian speaking areas.
It does not matter how many Rajasthanis or people one knows, these are 1 or two out of a population, you have to see what the average street person looks like, and combine it with the logical choice determined by regional geography. If you look at the location of Sindh, it is above Gujerat, and at the same level of central Rajasthan, so this points to the people being of similar colour. However, the genetic influence over the centuries of invaders into the subcontinent from Alexander to the Scythians have created a genetic difference between even Sindh and Rajasthan so that I would place perhaps even Sindh colouration closer to Indian Punjab. Pakistani Punjab would be a shade lighter than Indian Punjab I would think looking at the geography and also the history of the region.
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most of the pakistanis i have come across are from karachi or lahore. karachi walay are mostly migrants from whats now india. lahore is like a few miles away from india with no geographical divide, just a 60 yr old frontier. they all look very indian.
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Indians that you see in the West tend to be upper caste Indians not really forming a very good portrayal of India. They're the lightest there is from there, and the Lahoris will not be far off this colouration (upper caste Northern Punjabi Indians). The Lahoris again will have a lot of immigrants from India, and Karachi is an Indian migrant city. If you look at Pakistani Punjabis from country areas they tend to be a bit lighter than the Indian upper caste Punjabis, though not that much different in appearance.
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balochis, kalash, brahui, and other esoteric populations may not look like indians. then again, they dont look like most urban pakistanis. sorry dude.
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No need to apologize, I'm not trying to prove something here. Balochis, Kalash, Brahui, Pathans do not look like Urban Karachites (which isnt a good portrayal of native Pakistani people), but in my opinion they do look Pakistani as they are the native people of the region.