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The Indus region, comprising the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent (now Pakistan), has always had its distinct identity - racially, ethnically, linguistically and culturally. In the last five thousand years, this region has been a part of India, politically, for only five hundred years. Pakistan, then, is no `artificial` state conjured up by the disaffected Muslim elite of British India. Aitzaz Ahsan surveys the history of Indus - as he refers to this region - right from the time of the Harappan civilization to the era of the British Raj, concluding with independence and the creation of Pakistan. Ahsan`s message is aimed both at Indians still nostalgic about `undivided `India and their Pakistani compatriots who narrowly tend to define their identity by their `un-Indianness`.
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ISBN : 9788174364210
Pages : 488
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