Gandhara Civilization

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Re: Gandhara Civilization

@Ali_Syed

^ could be I am not sure (too many invasions), in most of these areas we have Pashtuns and punjabis. Most of punjabis themselves are from Central Asia (like jatts who are scythians).

my personal gut feeling is that Pashtuns could have some relationship to Greeks, as the ruins of taxila clearly depict Greek, mauryan and indo Greek influences.

Greek civilization did impact local people. But Greeks did not have any significant impact on ethnicity of the area. Besides it is difficult to believe that Greeks could have effected the large area where Pashtuns reside (which includes all Afghanistan).

Gandhara people may be part-ancestors of present day Pashtuns. Pashtuns are a branch of Iranian people, and Gandhara civilization already existed at the time when Iranian people had started migration to present day Iran and Afghanistan.