Where does the name “India” come from? It comes from the name of the river Indus that ironically flows in Pakistan. Yes, the good old, ‘Darya-e-Sindh’, which starts in Kashmir and meets the Arabian sea in Sindh. Although Pakistan got independence in 1947 but the present day Pakistan was always a civilization of its own, much different from the rest of the subcontinent in tradition and culture. Historians refer to it as the Indus Valley civilization which is more than 4000 years old. Some famous cities of the time were Mohenjo-daro, Harrappa, Makli, and Bhanbhore. The ruins of those places give us clues about that civilization.
The inhabitants of the time were among the very best of civil engineers. Town planning and sewage systems were all top notch, second to none. They had a shipping port back in the day and traded through sea. Also were very welcoming to “others”, such as Jews, Parsis, Budhists, Christians and Muslims. They were among the first, if not the first to use fire-baked bricks for construction. Undoubtedly, if they were to be brought back to life today, they will be disappointed at how far our present day infrastructure lags behind compared to rest of the world. There is an amazing book on the very subject by Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan, titled, “The Indus Saga”. Translated in Urdu carrying the title, “Sindh Sagar ”.
**Yes ** @decentGuy Bhai Sahib..However Maybe Almost Half of the Population of present day (West) Pakistan (which as you refer to it was known as Sindh Sagar) is from Rajputana or Rajistan who accepted Islam because of Ajmeri Chisti the rest Migrated from UP and Kashmir I believe and other states! and other half would be the Orignal Habitants of Beautiful Punjab…
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