The new generation of Pakistan face
an identity tug of war between Islamic Mid-Easternization and Indianization,
however many today are coming to the realization that these ideas were merely
invented by the British.
The modern-day borders are a
relatively new concept. Most of the world was not divided by internationally
known borders as we know them today. India did not exist prior to the 18th
century.
If India did exist as far back as
pre-historic times then some ancient texts like Buddhist, Greek, Arabic,
Sanskrit, Persian or any other would have mentioned it.
Many Indian propagandists and
Pan-’South Asian’ Pakistanis blindly argue there was no border dividing the two
lands. If we apply that logic, then most of the world was “one nation”.
Contrary to popular myth the history
of “India” and “Hinduism” are works of fiction! Before the British occupied the
subcontinent by force, there was no such religion as “Hinduism” instead there
were many distinct and diverse cults in the region that the British grouped
into their terminology of “Hinduism”!
The Republic of “India” was formed
in 1947 by joining together various princely states of the peninsula into one
country. The rest that refused to join, mainly Hyderabad, Goa, Junagarh and
then later on Kashmir, which was invaded by military force.
Pakistani people, on the other hand,
were a nation going back at least 3000 BC. The Indus Civilization is one of the
oldest in the world, spread all over the Indus region, which is today Pakistan.
Its main cities Harappa, Mohenjo-Daro, Texila, Mehar Garh are also situated in
Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pukhtoon Khawa, and Balochistan well within Pakistan.
Indian propagandists parade small
sites like Lothal as “proof” of their claims on the IVC and other pre-historic
Pakistani civilizations. While the Indus Valley Civilization was based in
Pakistan, it had peripheries in Iran, Afghanistan, Rajasthan, and Gujrat.
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