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Buddhism as a religion still didnt have varna, which is why it spread to places like Afghanistan, China, Far East and Central Asia while Hinduism cant function without varna and proper Hinduism is only found in the Hindi belt.

That was Sapta Sindhu of Rg Veda. Later it changed to the Ganges Plains.

They use Rana as the title and Manj as the surname. The actual Rajputs of Punjab are 'ranas' of Majha/upper Punjab and East Punjab. And yes, Ranghars marry within themselves only, a lot of them settled in district Pakpattan as well.

I am from district Pakpattan, here many Manj Rajputs ,who use 'Rana' title, from East Punjab settled after partition and they do not identify with the local Kharrals and Joiyas. Identifying as something matters for little, anyone can identify as anything. It's not the varna system which is...

The only people in Punjab who use Rai are Kharrals, who speak a Lahnda dialect and are only present in a few districts in Punjab. Rajput is a varna title, being Buddhist and Rajput is a straight up oxymoron rather than 'not being interchangeable'. As well as the mlechha description of Punjab in...

Rai is just a title, the Rai dynasty of Sindh who were Buddhists also used this while being Rajput and Buddhist is an oxymoron. Dawn article is hardly credible, as well tracing ancestory to Ramyana. These are likely nomadic/pastoral Jats or Meds of Sindh and South Punjab who were Buddhists as...

Rai Ahmed Khan Kharral was from Jhamra (district Lyallpur/Faisalabad) not Kamalia. The British account of the 1857 rebellion describes them as thus "“In the district around are numerous Mohammedan tribes of Jut origin, at present degenerated into cattlefeeders and cattle-stealers, who...

In Pakpattan district where most of them are, they are Jatts. It's confusing for many of these Bar tribes, as some of them are called Jatts others Rajputs. Now many of them only identify with their clan e.g Kharrals of Pakpattan/Sahiwal only identify as Kharral and not Jat or Rajput. Interesting...

Baloch tribes would have migrated to Sindh at different times, many might have been living there since ancient times. Talpurs are a branch of the Leghari Baloch of South Punjab. In that region ethnic identity is very complex. Brahuis and Balochs are almost interchangeable in Balochistan, with...

Bhils of Sindh are Marwari as they speak Rajasthani dialect rather than Sindhi. 40% of Sindhis are Baloch tribes and the rest are Sammat or native Sindhis.

Interesting thing to note is that in most Hindu texts like the Mahabharata, Punjab (called Aratta-Vahika) is described as a mlechha/foreigner like land which is outside the boundaries of 'Brahmavarta' (whose western boundary was at Kurukshetra, Haryana) and where varna and dharma is not...

The PM of Pakistan is a Kashmiri Butt...

There are no Chattha or Cheema Hindus though. They are either Sikhs or Muslims.

Bin Qasim didn't abolish 'hindu caste system' in Sindh given that during his time the majority of Sindh was made up of Buddhists who didn't have a varna system.

I think this was only in Kashmir Valley that Brahmins converted to Islam. Only they have Brahmin clan names like Pandit, Bhat etc. Apart from that, in AJK there are Potohari/Pahari speaking Sudhans who are Brahmin converts as well. But I dont think there are any Punjabi Brahmins that converted...

Well then, these states are hardly the bastions of Aryandom like you portray them to be. I think when you guys talk about North India it is actually North-West India (Jammu-Himachal, Punjab etc.). UP-Bihar is more like Central India.

why does the opinion and perspective of white people matter to you so much?

When Indians mention North India, do you guys refer to UP-Bihar, MP etc.?

The region where Mohenjodaro is located is very hot indeed "The highest temperature ever recorded in Pakistan is 53.5 °C (128.3 °F) which was recorded in Mohenjo-daro, Sindh on 26 May 2010."