The Pakistan Identity Arabization in Pakistan and Bangladesh refers to a socio-cultural shift since the late 1980s where traditional, indigenous South Asian and Indo-Persian Islamic practices have been gradually replaced by more conservative, gulf-centric Arab cultural norms. Indo-Persian Culture of Pakistan The culture of the Indian subcontinent developed as a unique blend of Indian and Persian cultures through the historic interaction between the people of the region. It encapsulated the ethnic and religious diversity by integrating Islamic thoughts in the Indian society. Lahore - Punjab Heritage The roots of the Indo-Persian culture can be traced to Mahmud of Ghazni who began a series of raids in the subcontinent during the latter part of the 10th century. Afghan and Mughal rulers of India established and maintained a sophisticated Persianized court and patronized works of Sufism and Persian language. The Persian language maintained its status as the language of high soc...
Mythologies behind Seven-day Week The Origin A week is a unit of time equal to seven days. The seven-day week stems from ancient Mesopotamia around 600 BCE. The earliest evidence of an astrological significance of a seven-day period is a decree of king Sargon of Akkad around 2300 BC. Akkadians venerated the number seven, and the key celestial bodies visible to the naked eye numbered seven (the Sun, the Moon and the five closest planets). Some ancient and traditional cultures had different week lengths, including ten days in Egypt and an eight-day week for ancient Romans , who later switched to a seven-day week.Historically, indigenous Indian timekeeping relied on a luni-solar system divided by lunar phases (tithis), months, and fortnights (pakshas). The adoption of the seven-day week (Vara) occurred alongside Indo-Greek and Mesopotamian cultural exchanges, eventually solidifying in Sanskrit astronomical texts like the Surya Siddhanta and Pancasiddhantika between the 1st and...