Re: How to rebuild Pakistan into a great nation and great society
true security should be all. Not just for those from overseas but initially since they will be uprooting their livelihood if they come back they should be given some incentives. But I agree compensation should be proportional to education levels. Hope you enjoy the videos above
The one of Mohenjodaro is fascinating. They talk about how the cities were built and how technologically advanced they were in construction of the city. Interestingly they also mention how dams were constructed to stop floods. They used to change the course of rivers to fit huge reservoirs (up to 79 m long) and they used the natural incline of the terrain to allow water to flow from one terrain to another. The water was retained through aqueducts and this stored precious water was used to irrigate fertile fields all year long. The citadel at the top of the city was uniquely used to collect rainwater compared to river water. At the top of the citadel they had 2 wells and a tank. The wells based on thr ground had special grooves allowing women to draw water and this was thought to be clear and cleaner water. Something to be proud of that so long ago while most of the world lived a nomadic lifestyle hunting and gathering the Indus civilisation was so advanced in terms of infrastructure, irrigation, industry-cotton, pottery, making ornaments, copper and bronze were used to make tools. Number of arts-ceramics, woodwork, ivory and gold stones used to make jewellery-flourished. Almost like an Industrial era. They even had seals to put on their work as a type of copyright. Also, something we could all learn considering all the badly managed floods in the subcontinent. It was said that the Sumerians, Hebrews, Babylonians and even Egyptians were influenced by the Indus civilisation. There was long distance trade between other civilisations and the use of contracts to seal deals started here. The yt video is def worth a watch
Few others which I liked. The story of Katas Raj temple you might like this Southie. There is also this place in Pakistani Kashmir where scholars from all over the world used to come to learn Sanskrit language, literature and astronomy. I think it is called sharda peeth temple. People from all over India and in Asia, such as china, used to go there for higher studies. Now it is very close to the LOC so tourist potential is minimal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiGRwb0HSSQ