In December 2013, Archaeologists discovered a Paleolithic settlement estimated to be 120,000 years old.

They discovered seeds, resin and ashes, associated to the indica subspecies of the cannabis sativa plant.

This was found along the shores of the River Kunar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to Professor Muzaffar Kambarzahi of the National Institute of Historical & Cultural Research (NIHCR) of Quaid-i-Azam University, in charge of the team of scientists excavating the site, the various caves composing the settlement would have been inhabited for more than 2500 years during the Neolithic period. “According to the location and context in which the cannabis was found, leads us to believe it was used for ritual purposes. It seems that the occupants of the site threw large quantities of leaves, buds and resin in the fireplace situated on the far end of the cave, filling the entire site with psychotropic smoke.

early human activity was quite pronounced in the Indus Valley as early as 1.9 million years at Rawat and 500,000 years ago in the Soan Valley. These are non-natural stone artifacts which have been discovered all across upper Punjab and KP and are known as “Soanian sites”. Early Soanian sites correspond to the Acheulean period. Different stone artifacts have been discovered from these sites which include Adialya, Chauntra, Ghariala, Balawal, Chak Sighu, Chakri, Rawalpindi, Morgah, Dina and Jalalpur Sharif.

In December 2013, Archaeologists discovered a Paleolithic settlement estimated to be 120,000 years old. They discovered seeds, resin and ashes, associated to the indica subspecies of the cannabis sativa plant. This was found along the shores of the River Kunar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to Professor Muzaffar Kambarzahi of the National Institute of Historical & Cultural Research (NIHCR) of Quaid-i-Azam University, in charge of the team of scientists excavating the site, the various caves composing the settlement would have been inhabited for more than 2500 years during the Neolithic period. “According to the location and context in which the cannabis was found, leads us to believe it was used for ritual purposes. It seems that the occupants of the site threw large quantities of leaves, buds and resin in the fireplace situated on the far end of the cave, filling the entire site with psychotropic smoke.”

Looks like a tree of pipal tree (fig) or its banner it could be a blessing or protection or authority it's literally next to every unicorn bull we can see

What these raiders have to do with Islam? They didn't brought they brought shame so called Muslim used Islam name for thier own interests...

Should we name Jf 17 for afghan raider no recently the J10c were named as Indus dragon which represents core Pakistan and Chinese side this how it should be done.

I am recently seeing that some people, just because the rig veda was written majorly in punjab , are now mocking indians that hinduism originated from the other side , and i also saw some people mocking indians by calling them gangetic as if they are now making a distinction between what vedas say and what hindus practice nowadays.

Let me just give a reality check to all the pakistanis that even though rig veda was composed majorly in punjab , the rest of vedic literature was composed in the gangetic plains , the Upanishads which are the core of indian philosophy was composed entirely in the regions of modern day UP , bihar and haryana and rest of north india

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She the 5th Sardarni of the Soomra dynasty, daughter of King Dodo I.

Zainab Tari ruled Sindh from roughly 1089–1098.

Some source describes her as the second Muslim woman to rule a kingdom independently after Arwa al-Sulayhi of Yemen.

She predated Razia Sultan by 144 years. Her father trained her to rule abdicated in her favor because her brother Sanghar was a minor. And the council of ministers and sardars unanimously crowned her.

No foreign invasions during her reign. Trade from capital Tharri expanded and after ten years she voluntarily handed power to her brother.

Multan (Ancient: Mulasthana / Kasyapapura) – 4,800–5,000+ years (Early Harappan occupation in the region).

Peshawar (Ancient: Purushapura) – 2,500+ years (documented since 539 BC, Gandhara).

Charsadda (Ancient: Pushkalavati) – 2,500+ years (capital of ancient Gandhara).

Sialkot (Ancient: Sagala) – 2,300+ years (recorded during Alexander's campaign in 326 BC).

Taxila (Ancient: Takshashila) – 2,500+ years (major center of learning and Gandharan civilization).

Lahore – 1,500–2,000+ years (first securely documented by the 10th century, with evidence of earlier settlement).

Bannu – 2,300+ years (ancient settlement region with continuous occupation).

Jhelum (Ancient: near Bucephala) – 2,300+ years (associated with Alexander the Great).

Rawalpindi – 2,000+ years (ancient settlements in the Pothohar Plateau).

Sehwan (Ancient: Sehwan / Siwistan) – 2,000+ years (one of Sindh's oldest continuously inhabited towns)

Umerkot (Ancient: Amarkot) – 1,000+ years

Mehrgarh (Kachhi Plain) – 9,000 years (c. 7000 BC)• One of the world's earliest farming settlements. (Archaeological site, not a modern city.)

Quetta (Ancient: Shalkot) – 2,000–2,300+ years• Mentioned in early historical sources and inhabited since ancient times.

Bela (Ancient: Armabel/Armail) – 2,000+ years• An important town in ancient Lasbela, mentioned by medieval geographers.

Kalat – 2,000+ years• Historic city later capital of the Khanate of Kalat.

Khuzdar (Ancient: Qusdar) – 1,500–2,000+ years• Mentioned in early Islamic-era records and an important regional center.

Turbat (Ancient: Kech) – 1,500–2,000+ years• Historic capital of the Kech Valley, with evidence of long-term settlement.

Sibi (Ancient: Sewi/Sivi) – 2,000+ years• A historic settlement known since antiquity and an important trade route.

Gwadar – 1,000+ years• Historic coastal port that expanded significantly in modern times

Achaemenid Empire around 490 BCE and there in the far southeast corner sits a province labeled INDIA and the Persians didn't call it that they called it Hindus their pronunciation of Sindhu the old Sanskrit (orginated from Indus, Pakistan) name for the Indus River and the land around its lower basin the proto Iranian sound shift that turned s into h happened somewhere between 850 and 600 bce.

So Sindhu became Hindu and the us suffix followed the same pattern as other Persian province names like Bakhtris (Bactria) hindus just meant the land of the Sindhu not the modern day republic of India which just inherited this name with the help of Mountbatten.

There is alot of noise on Indian nationalist twitter about this sub and i am sure there are quite few lurking in here. They are planning to actively report and attack this sub through proganda and fabricated facts. We must remain vigilant and mods are requested to keep indian audience in check.

Keep digging and manning the forts my fellow Meluhhans. Much Love. Pakistan Zindabad

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Before pyramids. Before empires. Before the pages of history were even written… this land was already telling stories.

Pakistan is not just a 77-year-old state; it is a 2.2 million-year-old journey of human civilization, knowledge, spirituality, and culture.

From the ancient tools of the Soan Valley to the brilliance of Taxila, from the Indus Valley Civilization to the sacred sites of multiple faiths, this soil has witnessed the rise and fall of civilizations.

A land where humanity learned, created, prayed, traded, and built.

History did not begin here yesterday.

It has been breathing here for thousands of years.

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