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[Gandhara Civilization](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYO\_dEAAEmF/?igsh=cXRwcGsyMzhwajN4)

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Made out of Leather, copper alloy, iron, hide.

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A blend of Buddhism Zoroastrianism & Iranian Faith's and Hellenistic Beliefs

A young lad from Kaghan carrying about his baby brother and helping to bring up the younger members of the family, as is the custom in the region.

Every major Indian IVC site listed by area:

1. Ropar — 15 acres.

2. Bhagwanpura — 25.

3. Alamgirpur — 5.

4. Farmana — 44.

5. Banawali — 30.

6. Kalibangan — 37.

7. Surkotda — 3.

8. Desalpur — 3.

9. Kuntasi — 5.

10. Nageshwar — 7.

11. Lothal — 17.

12. Daimabad — 45.

All 12 combined a total of 236 acres in sized.

Now Pakistan's side:

1. Mohenjo-daro — ~620 acres.

2. Harappa — ~370 acres.

3. Mehrgarh — ~500 acres.

4. Ganweriwala (Cholistan, never fully excavated) — ~200 acres.

And the one that ends the conversation

Lakanjodaro recently discovered with French and Pakistani archaeologists estimating its size at 370–740 acres.

One Pakistani site Bigger than every Indian IVC site on this list combined.

Pakistan's top 5 alone makes it more then 2,060+ acres.

The only major sites India has are Rakhigarhi and Dholavira. Everything else on their side is villages and small settlements.

The civilization is named after the Indus. The Indus is in Pakistan. The cities are in Pakistan. The math is the math.

Now Cope with it.

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These armored guardian figures were found at the Gandharan site of Thareli in ancient Pakistan, showcasing the rich cultural and religious heritage of the region. The Gandharan region, located in present-day Pakistan was an important center of Buddhist art and culture during ancient times. The integration of non-Buddhist deities into the monastic residences in Gandhara highlights the syncretic nature of religious beliefs in the region, where different traditions coexisted and interacted.

The presence of these guardian figures in ancient Pakistan points to the diverse religious practices and influences that shaped the religious landscape of Gandhara. The incorporation of protective deities reflects a blend of local beliefs with Buddhist principles, emphasizing the importance of divine protection and security in the religious context of the time.

The emergence of warrior-like imagery in the late Gandharan tradition, possibly influenced by the war god Skanda, indicates a shift in religious iconography and beliefs in ancient Pakistan. This evolution in artistic expression and religious symbolism demonstrates the dynamic nature of religious practices and the adaptability of beliefs in the region.

Look at this photo. Really look at it.

Four soldiers. One flag. A pile of rocks they just bled for and the Indian tricolour is gone./

This is Jhangar, Kashmir in late 1947. Pakistani troops just took this town from the Indian Army and are planting the Pakistani flag where the Indian one stood hours earlier. Pakistan was three months old after the independence from British. Three months. The country didn't even have a functioning central bank yet and these guys were out here capturing territory from a military 7 times their size.

Let me give you the context nobody in India wants you to have.

When the Kashmir War kicked off in October 1947, India had every advantage on paper.

They airlifted a full Sikh battalion into Srinagar on October 27th one of the first military airlifts in modern South Asian history and they had the Indian Air Force running supply drops they had the backing of the Maharaja's accession document. They had the numbers and everything thing you need a win a war against small nation.

And they still couldn't hold Jhangar.

Pakistani forces a combination of Azad Kashmir volunteers tribal fighters from the Frontier and regular Pakistan Army units that rotated in pushed through the Naoshera sector and took this town.

Jhangar controlled the road from Mirpur to Rajouri and Naoshera. Losing it meant the Indian position in southern Kashmir was split and huge strategic loss.

When the ceasefire hit on January 1, 1949 Pakistan was sitting on roughly a third of the entire former princely state Muzaffarabad taken. Mirpur taken. Skardu taken after a months-long siege. Gilgit the Gilgit Scouts flipped the whole northern territories basically overnight.

The ceasefire line froze almost exactly where Pakistani soldiers were standing when the order came through. That line became the Line of Control in 1972.

A country after its independence still sorting through the wreckage of partition a big hit still counting its dead from the refugee trains that country fought the Indian Army across hundreds of kilometers of mountain terrain and kept what it took.

Indians love bringing up 1971. It's their comfort blankek Fine '/ But they get real quiet when you ask what happened in 1947.

When you ask how a newborn country with a fraction of the resources fought them to a draw in Kashmir and walked away with territory they still hold 78 years later. When you show them this photo they are gonna be mad like always nothing special from goblins with usual scripts 71 71 shey shey dude explain this?

Most soldiers from that war didn't get medals didn't get pensions didn't get tv documentaries. They got a flag on a hill and a ceasefire line that said this far and no further.