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We should respect our past or we will remain a confused nation. Our ancestors followed various Hindu cults/deities, Buddhism once had a flourishing civilisation in West Punjab and North & West Pakistan, it also had large followers in Sindh. There were other minority religions such as Zoroastrian religion and various Animist religions in remote North Pakistan.
Statue from Gandhara
Stupa from Sindh
1st or 2nd Centuary AD Stupa from KPK Province
Hinglaj temple on the Makran coast
Katas Raj Temple-One of the most holiest sites of Hindus
To Hindu Brahmins, although we were Aryans (of Iranic origin,) we were considered Mlechhas (impure) as we followed a primordial Aryan faith of idolatry and nature worship that did not care for caste, holy cows, or priests.
The influence of Persians, Greeks, Afghans, Iranics, Mongols, and Turks had always been more important on us than Brahminic Hindus.
From pre-Hindu Aryan/Iranic religions, it was inevitable that Pakistan and Afghanistan would embrace Buddhism and solidify it during Graeco-Bactrian rule.
Afterall Buddhist priests were some of the first to convert and lead others to Islam when the Arabs entered Sindh.