Re: Pakistan's great history
This isnt true. Before Pakistan was created. India and Pakistan were very much seperate countries.
Here is a summary of Pakistan's history (or for the pedanticity in some people, here's a summary of the history of the peoples of Pakistan)..
*Pakistan from 3000 BC to the present: *
Indus Valley Civilization: 3000-1500 B.C. i.e. about 1500 yrs. Independent, separate from India.
Aryan period: 1500-522 B.C. i.e. about 978 yrs. Independent, separate from India.
Small semi-independent states: 522-326 B.C. i.e. about 196 yrs. Under the suzerainty of Iran's Kayani (Achaemenian) Empire.
Conquered by Alexander and remained under his successor: 326-300 B.C. i.e. about 26 yrs. Under Greek rulers, not part of India.
Province of Mauryan Empire which included Afghanistan: 300-200 B.C. i.e. about 100 yrs. Part of India, mostly Buddhist rule.
Graeco-Bactrian period: 200-100 B.C. i.e. about 100 yrs. Independent, not part of India.
Saka-Parthian period: 100 B.C.- 70 A.D. i.e. about 170 yrs. Independent, separate from India.
Kushan rule (1st phase): 70-250 A.D. i.e. about 180 yrs. Pakistan-based kingdom ruled over major portion of north India.
Kushan rule (2nd phase): 250-450 A.D. i.e. about 200 yrs. Independent, separate from India.
White Huns and allied tribes (1st phase): 450-650 A.D. i.e. about 200 yrs. Pakistan-based kingdoms ruled over parts of north India.
White Huns (2nd phase--- mixed with other races): 650-1010 A.D. i.e. about 360 yrs. Independent Rajput-Brahmin Kingdoms, not part of India.
Ghaznavids: 1010-1187 A.D. i.e. 177 yrs. Part of Ghaznavid empire, separate from India.
Ghorid and Qubacha periods: 1187-1227 A.D. i.e. about 40 yrs. Independent, not part of India.
Muslim period (Slave dynasty, Khiljis, Tughlaqs, Syeds, Lodhis, Suris and Mughals): 1227-1739 A.D. i.e. about 512 yrs. Under north India based MUSLIM govts.
Nadir Shah and Abdali periods: 1739-1800 A.D. i.e. about 61 yrs. Iranian and Afghan suzerainty, not part of India.
Sikh rule (in Punjab, NWFP and Kashmir), Talpur rule in Sind, Khanate of Kalat in Baluchistan: 1800-1848 A.D. i.e. about 48 yrs. Independent states, not part of India.
British rule: 1848-1947 A.D. i.e. about 99 yrs (1843-1947 in Sind). Part of India under FOREIGN rule.
Muslim rule under the nomenclature of Pakistan: 1947-present. Independent, not part of India.
The above table reveals that during the 5000 years of Pakistan's known history, this country was part of India for a total period of 711 yrs of which 512 yrs.
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I dont see them claiming indus civilization as part of their history as a problem.
I will go up one and say that Pakistan and India should combine their tourist sectors so both countries can profit from tourists to their respective historical monuments. Pakistan should have access to the mughal heritage sites in India and Indians to the religous and cultural sites of Pakistan. But ofcoruse, this will be a long way of.
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As it stands this is not a problem, but the Harrappan civilization is referred to as an Indian civilization (through lack of foresight by Pakistan), more correctly Pakistan and India can share the Indus Valley civilization, as can Pakistan and Afghanistan (since some Indus Valley sites were located in Afghanistan), but the majority of the sites were located in what is now known as Pakistan. So this makes it an ancient civilization of the Pakistani people.