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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...

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.

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.

Back with another genetic PCA plot using Gedmatch Harappa data, this time with additional samples from Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Iran, to see how South Asian samples flow into neighboring ethnic groups. Linking full post below with additional info and discussion on the plot!

Thank you for the resources!

If you have any primary sources I'd be interested, but you are really mixing up your sequence of events here. The border agreed upon by Tibet/Britain in the early 20th century is not a reflection of who controlled AP in 1764. Same regarding this alleged Ahom alliance which took place much...

Arunachal was referred to as "Lower Tibet" and considered part of the Qing Empire's Tibet region before the arrival of the British. The Ahom's did not exercise control over that region during this period, from what I've read.

In 1764 India was ripe for the picking. The Mughal Empire, which had ruled much of the region for the past two centuries, had shattered. The various smaller states that arose in its place were relatively weak, both militarily and economically. Recent advances in artillery and infantry...