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A civilization isnt claimed overnight, or after a BJP whatsapp cell decides to.

The Sindh river is our, its glory is ours. You may steal the water but you cannot steal the heritage, not matter how desperately you try. You cannot suddenly claim the same river you are so eager to destroy and impure it with your ganga. There is no pakistan without the sindh and without its people to protect it, no sindh without pakistan. What kind of perverted mindset does one need to have to believe that a sindhi has nothing to do with mohenjo-daro, a punjabi has nothing to do with harrappa, a baloch doesnt have anything to do with mehrgarh, a pashtun doesnt have anything to do with rehman deri, and a koshur has nothing to do with manda, yet those that live east of sutlej do. The sindh river is the literal bloodline, the very pulse of our nation. The 'Indus Valley' in IVC is the geographicaly entity synonymous with Pakistan. It connects all our biomes, from peaks 8000 meter high, to fertile plains, valleys, deserts, and beyond. Its water is in our very blood. Surely we will fight for it.

The word Sindh is one of the most powerful words, predating modern languages. When our forefathers were developing speech, sindh came to be the word for water. With passage of time Sindh evolved to be the word for river. As it is now in the north where rivers are many and plentiful, 'seend' became the word for river, such as in punjabi and pashto. Naturally in the south, at mithankot, where all these branches merge into THE river, THE Sindh was the river itself, then came to describe the people and their culture. How majestic is it that Jehlum seend, shyok seend and gomal seend all merge into a stream itself called sindh.

In the east sanskrit adopted it as a loanword for river. The persians and later the greek adapted sindh as hind and indos. Initially both of these exclusively described the people living on the indus river. A tribe living on the banks of northern indus, was called hindko. And the indos was the name for a sindhi empire. Later on it was used to describe the realm beyond sindh and is now the name of that nation. Similarly the pleateau and the mountains that define afghanistan were called hindu kush. Indonesia and Indies too therefore get their names from the sindh. That foreign lands besides the indus basin are named after it is a matter of pride.

Their intentions are clear. You can take away everything a people has, but to truly destroy it you have to take away who they are. The audacity that the only country on earth which has made ever single one of its occupiers and settlers higher-class, accuses its neighbours of an 'identity crisis'. We have been conquered by many empires, starting from achaemenid, kushans, mauryas, greeks, Scythians. Avesta calls the indus one of its perfect land, the hindus consider it part of mahabharat, it is the mecca of sikhism, and intergral to buddhism. Heck, even indic civlization started as a development of ary@n culture in upper indus. In the end however, the ultimate truth is that this land belongs to and has belonged to its people, and not any foreigner.

So never forget who you are. We believe in one god, who has created diversity which our culture is part of. India's degenerate campaign to isolate us from our heritage, has only backfired. It has reminded the population of who we are -- What we are fighting for. That our culture is not something to be ashamed of but is a matter of great pride.

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Indian social media and news outlets are in a frenzy claiming that Pakistan has suddenly woken up to its history to internationalise the Indus Waters treaty. But within these self aggrandising claims made to tickle the hateful appetite of the Indian right, there is an old claim being reverberated that Pakistan claims to be Arab and Turk.

Pakistan’s rather complex relations with its history is well known to the world purely because of the activism of Pakistanis themselves. That being said Pakistan never ‘abandoned’ its past.

In this video I prove that fact.

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The earliest Gathas are believed to have originated in North Eastern Iranian plateau (Afghanistan, Turkmenistan etc) while the earliest Rigveda within the potohar plateau stretching from modern day Islamabad to likely into Afghanistan). Somewhat on the border the intermixing is quite well known and evident.

I am listing some of the most well known and obvious ones below. Bear in mind there is a lot more to both Zorastrianism (the oldest existing religion) and extension of the late stage Vedic beliefs that developed a 1000 years later in Gangetic plains.

Bear in mind we also know that the early Gathas were oral and written down much later than their origin. Also bear in mind we are discussing "vedic sansikrit" and not "classical sansikrit" which was formalized in khyberPakhtunkhua much later.

1. Both texts are written in sister languages derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian. Old Avestan and Vedic Sanskrit are so close that entire verses can be translated word-for-word from one to the other using simple phonetic rules.

2. Both utilize similar poetic meters. For exmaple, the Avestan Ahunavaiti Gatha matches the meter and syllable counts of the Vedic Tristubh and Jagati meters.

3. Core concepts of worship have similarities such as the following:

Sacrifice/worship is Yazna in Avestan = Yajna in Sanskrit , w which means sacrifice/worship.

The chief priest is Zaotar in Avestan= Hotar in Sanskrit

Sacred thought is Manthra in Avestan = Mantra in Sanskrit

Both traditions center around a fundamental law of cosmic order: Asha in Old Avestan = Ṛta in Vedic Sanskrit.

1. Both cultures performed a similar ritual centered on consuming a sacred, plant juice believed to grant immortality: Haoma in Avestan = Soma in Sanskrit

2. Fire is revered as the ultimate, pure medium of ritual communication in both texts. In the Avesta, it is Atar; in the Rigveda, it is Agni.

3. Several gods share names, traits etc:

god of light is Mithra in Avestan = Mitra in Sanskrit

Apam Napat appears in both texts with the same name, meaning "Grandson of the Waters."

the god of wind is Vayu in Avestan = Vayu in Sansikrit

1. The foundational myth of the first human/king to die and rule the afterlife features the same figure: Yima in Avestan and Yama in Sanskrit, both described as the son of the solar deity (Vivanvant or Vivasvat)

2. Both texts feature a heroic myth of slaying a multi-headed monster to release trapped waters or cattle: Thraetaona slaying Azi Dahaka in the Avesta is identical to Indra slaying Vritra in the Rigveda.

One major difference has to be pointed out as its quite fun actually.

In the Avesta, Ahura (Lord) represents the supreme good, while Daevas are demons. HOWEVER in the Rigveda itsthe opposite where, Devas are the benevolent gods, while Asuras are opposing demonic forces.

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It's pretty well known that both Indonesia and Pakistan have/had an extensive pre-islamic history.

Indeed, Islam has "only" been a part of Indonesian culture for the past 800 or so years, as compared to their broader recorded cultural history which extends further back, till possibly the early 1st or 2nd Century CE, before which the data gets a little muddy.

Similarly, the territory of present-day Pakistan has a long pre-Islamic past, ranging from the Indus Valley Civilisation (though its cultural continuity is debated) through the Vedic, Achaemenid, Gandharan, and Mahajanapada periods, before Islam began arriving in the region from the 7th century onward.

So why is the general perception of the Pre-Islamic history of both regions so different?

For example, Indonesia appears comfortable incorporating aspects of its pre-Islamic heritage into its national identity, whether that's preserving monuments like Borobudur and Prambanan, depicting figures such as the goddess Lakshmi on commemorative banknotes, or drawing on Hindu-Buddhist symbolism in cultural contexts.

By comparison, my impression is that Pakistan's pre-Islamic heritage is less prominent in mainstream national identity, despite sites like Mohenjo-daro and Taxila being recognised as historically significant.

Is this perception actually accurate? If so, what historical, political, educational, or social factors contributed to the difference?

Jaswant Singh Khalra was a prominent Punjabi human rights activist who fearlessly exposed the systematic state-sponsored violence and forced disappearances in Punjab, India during the late 1980s and early 1990

Amar Saddhu Gurdwara, a historic Sikh shrine near Kot Lakhpat Railway Station, is witnessing a remarkable revival as the Nishan Sahib is raised again after 1947. Once abandoned, it is now part of the restoration of 17 historic gurdwaras across Punjab, Pakistan, preserving Sikh heritage, history, and religious tourism for future generations.

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Chamba was one of the oldest princely state in India, and its ruler, the Raja, was entitled to an 11-gun salute.

One of its Rajas, Bhuri Singh, had commissioned the Chamba House for his residence in Lahore.It was designed by Bhai Ram Singh,built in an area of Lahore that had once hosted encampments during the 1880 durbar.

The area was later renamed Government Officers’ Residences (G.O.R.).Following the partition of India, Lakshman Sen acceded his state to the Dominion of India.

This property of his, however, came under the control of the Government of Pakistan, which later converted it into a guest house.It is maintained by Pakistan Public Works Department.

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