View attachment 318499 I think it was Adi Shankara, an 8th century Hindu saint, more than any of us or Aitzaz Ahsan really, that had the strongest case for the seperation of the Indus Basin from Ganges-Dravida land.
He was the one who formed 'Shankaracharya' or the heads of monasteries in four corners (in addition to a central one) of what he considered his land.
Shankaracharya (IAST: Śaṅkarācārya, Shankara acharya) is a commonly used title of heads of monasteries called mathas in the Advaita Vedanta tradition. The title derives from Adi Shankara, an 8th-century CE reformer of Hinduism. He is honored as Jagadguru, a title that was used earlier only to Krishna.
●The Dakshiānmnāya Sri Sharada Peetham(main matha) at Sringeri Sharada Peetham in Shringeri, Karnataka.
●The Uttarāmnāya matha (northern matha) at Jyotir Math in the city of Jyotirmath also known as Joshimath, Uttarakhand.
●The Pūrvāmnāya matha (eastern matha), or the Govardhana matha at Puri, Odisha.
●The Paśchimāmnāya matha (western matha), or the Shāradā Pitha at Dwarka, Gujarat.
●Finally Sarvagna Peetham Kanchi Moolāmnāya Sri kanchi Kamakoti Peetham(Sarvjna Peetham), or the Kamakoti at Kanchipuram, Tamilnadu.
The four points or mathas of Adi Shankara:
None of his four points of India are in the Pakistan Region or Indus Basin, which pretty much proves that the region was considered distinct, even 1500 years ago.
Adi Shankara could be called the proginetor of the Indus theory or Indus Saga of Aitzaz Ahsan and as the one who really made the basis for it.