I don’t see much on Pakistani history here. A lot of Indians appear to be trying to claim Pakistani history as their own, such as the Indus Valley culture etc. I would like to propose an educational thread that people can contribute to (perhaps people want to forget pre Islamic history but there is much knowledge and significant impacts on world history that Pakistan has contributed to). I think that every Pakistani should be aware of what their own long history is, and should seek to prevent Indians and others from taking the credit for Pakistani history. I wasnt sure where to put this thread, but I chose here, as there’s no other place for it (to be moved as appropriate).
To start a discussion I would like to begin as far back as the first significant part of Pakistan’s pre Islamic history - the Indus Valley civilization. India of course claims that this is part of their history. Nonsense I say. All the major settlements (and majority) were along the Indus River eg. Harrapa, mohenjendra. I’d like to name a couple of famous people from Pakistan’s past history such as Panini (grammarian but a Mathematician whose work is still used today) and Brahmagupta (his Mathematics treatizes had an impact all round the world). An important civilization that was basically Pakistani (but referred to as Indian) was the Kushan Empire. Indeed a very advanced Empire, that was located on the Silk Route.
It’s highly unlikely that Hinduism was ever practised in the Indus Valley, but many others were such as Buddhism, Vedic traditions, and of course Islam. Is all of this an identity worth saving and indeed promoting?
