Read my post #112, and you will see that this isn't just about geographical links. As for Ranjit Singh, I think there should be more taught about him, but you need to understand that, just like the Right wing Indians who want to forget all about other religious rulers of India, the same way a lot of people want to forget the non Muslim rulers of what is now parts of Pakistan.
I agree that more Sikh history should be incorporated than what it is, even I will be honest and say I learnt more about the Sikh empire from tribal history than in school, since the Awans didn't take too kindly to becoming subjects of the Sikhs. I remember one incident in particular, where in an area where the Sikhs invaded, the Awans put up such fierce resistance that after the Sikhs won the battle, they proceeded to massacre all men and took the women and children and slaves.
These incidents will of course tend to make some of us a little bit more hesitant in teaching these things, but never the less, I have said this before, the history of this land, both good and bad, is ours and should be taught to every Pakistani.
It is not just Sikh history. It is the history of all non-Muslim rulers of your lands. Kaptaan and others want to have it both ways -- claim IVC and ignore all other parts of your history. FYI I am fine with Pakistan rejecting all parts of their non-Muslim history.
Another big difference between Egyptian civilization and IVC - Egyptian civilization is well documented - pharoahs, mummies, pyramids and hieroglyphics. IVC has a script that is not decipherable. No one knows what led to the collapse of the IVC. It is little problematic claiming ownership over something that is not documented well. We won't get into the crap about IVC influencing rest of India
@Kaptaan @lastofthepatriots @django @Kambojaric
Have you seen this:
"This investigation is based on measurement of maximum mesiodistal lengths and buccolingual breadths of all permanent teeth, except third molars, and assessment of dental morphology variations scored in accordance with the Arizona State University Dental Morphology System in a sample of 176 Awan young adults. These data were contrasted with 21 samples of prehistoric and living individuals from Pakistan, peninsular India, Central Asia, and the Iranian Plateau. Patterns of intersample differences were examined with neighbor-joining cluster analysis and principal coordinates analysis.
Results obtained from odontometric and dental morphology analyses are highly congruent. In both cases, Awans are identified as possessing closest affinities to prehistoric inhabitants of the Indus Valley, with more distant affinities to living ethnic groups from the Hindu Kush highlands and inhabitants of peninsular India. Awans share little to no affinities to prehistoric inhabitants of Central Asia. Such results suggest that the living Awans of Mansehra District most likely represent the descendants of indigenous populations of the Indus Valley of Pakistan, and provide no support for claims of Central Asian or peninsular Indian origins."
http://meeting.physanth.org/program...ndia-a-dental-morphometric-investigation.html
Where do you get samples for the indigenous populations ??