Fahad20007
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A large problem with this thinking is that most Pakistanis think Ghaznavids, Mughals and Delhi sultanate equals Pashtuns. Pashtun supremacists like IndusPakistan like to further that sentiment.Yes, but the issue isn't so much explaining that Pakistan isn't an offshoot of India, but the inability of us Pakistanis to acknowledge our shared history with Afghans, Persians and to an extent Arabs and Greeks.
The lands that comprise Pakistan were separate from India's core a few times in history, but were extensions of domains from the west. India has a right to this connection too as the growth of these domains enveloped most of the Subcontinent.
However, both "Pakistan" and "India" as modern constructs are a creation of the British in 1947. Neither can go around claiming "we are we, you are we" because the formation of these modern states was externally caused. But if left to their own devices, I suspect a similar arrangement to the following could've potentially occurred. So a state resembling current-day Pakistan may have happened, or we may have seen even smaller more homogenous states in South Asia.
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.orgGhaznavids - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.orgMamluk dynasty (Delhi) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.orgDelhi Sultanate - Wikipedia
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If Pakistan is to connect with its Central Asian legacy, it must acknowledge the Dari speakers of Afghanistan, such as the Uzbeks and Tajiks, which is where Babur, Mahmud Ghazni and Ghori originate from. And henceforth connect with the Central Asian nations. You cannot do that if you're imposing Pashtun supremacists like the Taliban on them.