you only think it has been. India has been referred to in some books when it's meant only the Indus region. Quite a few times it didn't refer to any of the space that is modern India. That is how twisted Indian history is.
Dont be daft. The Uzbeks didnt invade in the 16th century and genocide all the pre 16th century people of Uzbekistan.
The Uzbeks are descendants of people that have always lived on the land along with some immigrant mixing.
A berber in French-Algeria is a berber. He is not French.
An uzbek in Persian-Uzbekistan (Greater Persia) is an uzbek. He is not Persian.
It is that simple.
an arab in algeria is algerian.
an arab in French Algeria is not French, he's still ethnically Algerian.
An uzbek in Greater Persia is still ethnically an Uzbek, not a Persian.
It is that simple.
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I give up. You can't just convert from Turkic to Persian and they're not races. Uzbeks have always been Uzbeks.
They only lived under the Persian Empire. It did not make them Persian.
Uzbekistan was part of Greater Persia as i mentioned above. They were not Persian. Uzbeks never have been Persian. They have always been Uzbeks, and have lived under the Persian Empire.
Your attempt to link Uzbeks as Persian is weak.
Persians and Muslim are not exclusive. Persians can...
Uzbeks are Uzbeks. Most think they're Turkic, not Persian.
So what? It's just a name, it doesn't mean the people have roots from the same place.
It is clear al-khwarizm was an orthodox Muslim, but also he was given the title al Mujusi. He was given other titles that would suggest other...
a) Arybhatta didnt invent the number zero or lay down the rules
b) Whoever was born in the Gupta Empire at the time of the map was a citizen of the Gupta Empire. They weren't Indians or Pakistanis. However, if they were born in the geography of Pakistan, they were Ancient Pakistanis as that...
about al khwarizmi, he might have been born in uzbekistan. I'm open for debate on what his ethnicity was. It's not clear.
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so what? pingala's work implied use of the number zero also. but it's not...