Indian hijacking of Pakistan's history

Although the modern-day states of India and Pakistan were created around the same time (Pakistan on August 14, 1947 and India August 15 1947) out of the British Raj, Indians desperately try to steal Pakistan's heritage, particularly the Indus Valley Civilization! This Indian hegemonic agenda is based on myths and false propaganda for religious and nationalistic imperialism.

Also there are many Pakistanis, particularly Islamists, who narrow-mindedly deny/ignore Pakistan's glorious pre-Islamic past. Harappans were certainly the ancestors of most Pakistanis who absorbed or adopted the many waves of invaders/migrants through out the centuries.

Indus Valley Civilization was mostly based in the region of Pakistan. The names used for the Civilization are "Indus Valley" or "Harappan" both in Pakistan. The most largest and important cities are Harrappa and Mohenjodaro, both in Pakistan. Even in the case of the Hakra/Ghaggar river (presently extinct), a tributary of Indus itself, it has far more on the Pakistani side than on the Indian side.

The proto-Indus site is also located at Mehrgarh in Pakistan. Indus Valley Civilization, at it's peak, had colonies stretching from Turkmenistan to north Mahrashta, and from southeast Iran to western UP. About 85% of Indians (originating outside of North Western India) have nothing to do with the Indus Valley Civilization, where their ancestors were nomadic forest-dwelling hunters and gatherers at a time period when the sophisticated Indus Valley Civilization was flourishing.

Indus/Harappan religion was not what is today called "Hinduism" which is a termenology of British oirigns. (See here http://pakistanipatriots.blogspot.com/2009/07/hinduism-is-fiction-created-by-british.html).
Not a single "Hindu" temple, idol, or statue has been found at the excavated Indus sites. Harappans buried their dead, ate beef, and were not Vedic (the Vedic in turn were also not "Hindu"). The "Great Bath" was common in many civilizations such as among the Greaco-Romans and the Mesopotamians. Decpicted on some Indus seals, the "deity" wearing the horned head-dress looks nothing like Shiva, and similar deities were common in other civilizations like the Celtic "Cernunnos". Bull seemed to be sacred among Harappans similar to Mesopotamians and Minoans, but not the cow.

A people may evolve by adopting new ideas/beliefs, change with political enviorenment, and racially get mixed with other peoples, but that does not erase their history. Pakistan-- the land and people of Indus directly inherits one of the greatest ancient civilizations of the world, just the same way present-day Iraq, Greece, and Egypt (all three countries and names also of recent origin) inherits their own great ancient civilizations.

It is irrelevant that the descedents of Harappans are now mostly Muslims (Pakistanis). Descedents of ancient Mesopotamians and Egyptians are also now mostly Muslims, descedents of ancient Greeks and Romans are now mostly Christians. It is time that all Pakistanis take pride in their past, and protect their heritage from the theivery of other countries like India.

-- Article contributed by Asad Jatoi.