Both countries already have a larger population than India combined; however to my knowledge, India is about to over-take China.
Having a large population is not always good, especially in our context.
I challenge the idea that it was a "mutation" and that the development of Vedism was linear. I instead postulate the theory of a "divergence" of culture and religious beliefs between the Indo-Aryans that stayed in Sapta Sindhava and some of the Indo-Aryan tribes that migrated Eastwards into the...
That's not really true.
The Indus region at one point was majority Buddhist; albeit it was heavily synchronized with local folk and neighboring religions such as Zoroastrianism, Hellenism and Hindu cults.
I think the article is hogwash.
Sapta Sindhava (the Indus region) is well revered in the Rigveda and that is also where the core mandalas were first recited. The Rigveda is literally littered with many praises for the rivers of the Indus region; especially Sindhu (Indus). It was their homeland...
I wouldn't really consider the early Vedism developed in the Indus region as "Hindu". The two were far too different.
The Vedic tribes of the Indus region sacrificed cows along the Indus, followed a tribal system identical to the Biradari/Qabeela social structure in Pakistan as opposed to the...
There are many theories for the name; but scholarly consensus generally agrees that 'Taxila' is the gradual contraction of Takṣaśilā from Sanskrit; meaning "City of Cut Stone".
We separated for a reason.
We are two different peoples; with different ethnic groups, languages, history, etc...
As Muslim countries we can support each each other, but I am not keen on anything beyond that.
The thing with this is that Pakistanis have absolutely no problem with North-West Indians claiming the heritage of the Indus Valley Civilization. NW Indians only make up around 3-4% of the Indian population and I believe that they are ethno-culturally closer to us than the average Indian.
The...
This new video shows that the Pakistan security forces only fired once they were charged at by the Afghan mobs.
This video highlights the looting and destruction of the Quarantine facility