rubyjackass
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Claim it as Pakistani based on the fact that both Mehrgarh, the predecessor to the IVC, the IVC itself, and good chunk of the Cemetery H plus the Gandhara Grave Cultures existed in the lands comprising Pakistan, and being descendants of the IVC people, along with the other migrants to the region.
Thats a strong argument on several levels, not just on the basis of having the majority of sites including the major centers of the civilization.
The distinction you made is valid - I suppose Macedonia and Greece woudl be better examples. But my argument for the Pakistani claim I made above.
People feel too much attachment about civilizations that existed and lost their links with the continuum of time.
The point is that civilizations that existed then do not correspond to today's nations in such a great way. Only the ethnic composition is a signature of those days in today's people.
Pakistan definitely has right for heritage from the IVC. But people are not sure as to what present population correspond to IVC. Dravidian perhaps, which means the present south Indian people Tamils, Kerala, Telugu and Kannada people. Telugu and Kannada are relatively modern(only relatively) languages. Some theories suggest an Aryan invasion that pushed Dravidians to the south. In any case the pre-independence India has predominantly mixed population with too much diffusion of ethnicity. Now many people even can't tell if they are Dravidian or Aryan(example yours truly).
Geographically Pakistan may have IVC. But population wise people need not be sentimental about whose civilization it was. Even India should not care. But IVC belonged to either Dravidians or Aryans either way Indian(pre-independence).
I think Pakistan can consider any part of this Indian history as its in that the population diffusion between the two regions is beyond measurement(from the times of IVC).
But our coming generations should know about all the history without any omissions or misrepresentations. Should they feel it(IVC) theirs is IMO a meaningless question.