History of Pakistan

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Alexandra was very much defensive while dealing with Sindhis as he had seen them fighting with Greeks under Persian army and he could only get courage to attack Sindh when some traitors like Prince of Taxila Abhi and Raja Sisi Gupta met him in Bakhtar (Afghanistan) and assured him of assistance.

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Yes raja ambi helped Alexander in conquering the area.

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he has just briefly discussed chanakya yet, and gave a reference that he was a graduate from taxila too. And that some people believe he was the brain behind setting up the mauryan empire.

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What was the origin of Maurya? Sindh / Taxila? did they use any sign related Mor (peacock)?

Heard that it was open society and ChandraGupta's mother hide the name of ChandraGupta's father ( Gupta = Secret / hidden in Hindi)

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^ origin in what aspect? Sindh does seem to occupy an important role in the empire along with gandhara (taxila) but maurya himself was from Pataliputra.

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where is Pataliputra?

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Todays Patna in Bihar.

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so Bihar got Morya dynasty and then Suri dynasty

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hi ALLAH 4 pages ho gai aur mujhe pata bhi nhi chala iss thread ka, can someone summarize it plz :chai:

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Its already a summary :snooty:

so far so, Ali has posted extracts in respect of Indus Valley Civilisation, Greek invasion and Maurya Empire with reference to Taxila.

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ok good

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We have briefly discussed Indus Valley Civilization and its demise, arrival of Aryans in the subcontinent and their main tribes, Archaemenian Rule (under Darius), Alexander, Mauryan Empire and then Indo Greek Empires. Most of these empires (other than Mauryan Empire) included areas of the Indus Valley (most of which is present in today's Pakistan). Now we will move ahead to Scythians...

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Scythians are the people who spread over Central Asia and gave rise to a geographical name Sakastan or Seistan. From here they migrated to Sindh and gave it the name of Scythia, from Sindh they moved to Indian Gujarat and ruled for four hundred years. Originally Scythians lived in Kazakhastan where Alexander tried to stop them beyond Jaxartes river. A large number of graves(of Alexander's army) have been discovered in Eastern Kazakhastan. Scythians appear to be the ancestors of modern Kazakhs. One of the most important allied tribe was Jats which are spread in Punjab and Sindh. Just like Scythians they came from region of Jetisar (Eastern Kazakhastan). The political influence of Scythians increased in the first half of the 1st century BC. Scythians converted to Buddhism as depicted by rock carvings in Chilas, Gilgit. The Scythian presence can be witnessed in Taxila, other places in Punjab and Sindh. Scythians were followed by Parthians (from North Eastern Iran) who rebuilt the city of Taxila (at Sirkap).

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Interesting. The old name of Sehwan Sharif was Sewistaan.

So Jatts are also central Asians :hmmm:

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yes Jatts are Kazakhs… Central Asia has had a very deep impact on Pakistan and Northern India.

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lols, now I know why the kaur’s saasu maa say this about Jats : “My ancestors were able to read and write when yours were learning to jump from one tree to another in Kabul” :hehe:

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Well, thats an opinion…although after the demise of the Indus Valley civilization, writing (Kharoshti) was reintroduced by Darius (5 century BC).

Will see the Kushan Empire tomorrow…

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Kushans (Kuei-shuang in Chinese sources) succeeded the Sycho-Parthians in 1st century AD. They not only inherited the cultural legacy of the past but added their own expressions in the art, coins, inscriptions and order of life of the area. They developed the economy of the country by introducing new gold currency and advanced trade on the Silk route. As a result Central Asia was connected to the Indus Valley, all the way to Pataliputra and upto Sri Champa (in the East).These roads gave boost to international trade and cultural exchanges in the ancient world. The greatest emperor of this period Kanishka I, patronised Buddhism. During this period unparalleled development took place in the Indus areas.

Among the tribes that accompanied them were Gadakharas, or Gadharas or modern Gakkhars who have continued the Persian tradition of Kiyanis but continue with them the title of Raja. Pirachas (Parchyas) continued the trade between the Indus land and Central Asia. Last but not least Gujjars (who are called as Gujjar-Kashans in popular traditions), its surprising how vastly they are distributed from hill ranges of the West to the plains of Punjab.

When we enter a village home we see domestic oven, tandoors, naans, tools and plants, seats and footstools and chairs with back-rest, all recall the memory of the Kushan home. All these leave an impression that Kushans brought Pakistan and Central Asia on a common platform. The empire had its summer capital at Bagram and winter capital at Peshawar. Kushans opened a new era of prosperity for the whole region.

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I didnt know that Gujjars are Kushans. :smack:

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:eek: now I know why they got shahi shoq of raqs o surror. wey gujjra wey , wey gujra :nuch: