On the Sikh vs Muslim Jat demographics:
Most Sikh Jats were settled agricultural land owners, which the British prized as the ideal recruit. Most Muslim Jats were pastoralists, which was seen as a lifestyle that produced "lesser" soldiers.
Also, Sikhs generally considered military service to...
The Pashtuns and Balochis are from Punjab, not NWFP or Baluchistan. Many of them had ancestors that settled in the region well before the British arrived, and were fluent in Punjabi.
I don't have a full tribal breakdowns for WW2 Punjabis, though I suspect you'd see a lot more "non-martial"...
Some confusion here.
Most of these soldiers were Hindustani Rajput Muslims from Haryana. Haryana as you may know was part of British Punjab, but only some of its major tribes were shared with actual Punjab, while many were extensions of populations found in Uttar Pradesh. The Muslim Rajputs of...
I was raised in Colorado but live in Arizona now. I've lived all over the South and Mountain West though (Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, even some times in Texas).
There's no debate in the academic community that the IVC people did not speak Sanskrit. Indo Aryan languages come from the Indo Aryans, who originated on the Eurasian Steppe, then spread their languages West into Europe, and South to Iran and India. This is 99.99% certain.
Arain side of the family from Bahawalnagar, but I'm born and raised in America. Genetics and history more of a passion, I studied medicine in university.
I wrote a piece on the nature of the Aryan Migration into India during the early Vedic Period. Its a history I believe all Pakistanis should be aware of. Enjoy!
Buddhism has been considered separate from Hinduism almost as soon as it coherently began to form. Though this view was only held by the upper-castes (Brahmins and Kshatriyas mostly), while the common people were always much less orthodox and okay with being syncretic between different faiths...
Hey everyone, I wrote a lengthy article on the persecution of Buddhists by Hindus in pre-Islamic India, directly from early Buddhist and Hindu sources.
This piece was prompted by seeing many people cite early accounts of Muslim violence against Hindus, and using these accounts to "prove" the...
Sources include 1931 and 2011 Indian Census. I labeled those tehsils that saw major demographic changes. Full discussion can be found at the post below, questions and comments welcome as always.