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Lost Cities of Punjab - Ancestral Home of Punjabi Communities

Punjabi Ignorance We, the Punjabis historically have not been documenting our own history. The Muslim Punjabis have almost forgotten their genetic ancestry and now try to connect their gene pool to the Arab aristocracy of Sayeds and Qureshis. The Pakistan government ignorantly names its missiles after the Islamic invaders who dispossessed their ancestors from their land. The Hindu Punjabis have written off their own ancestors, warriors kings, and Gurus and relate more to the Middle-India heroes such as Rama, Krishna, and Shivaji, The Sikhs have done a better job in staying connected to their roots but their historical reach is limited just to the Sikh period. Punjab history has to be taken as a whole, and that includes, Adivasis, Indus valley, Aryan Khatris, Kushans, Rajputs, Gujjars, Jatts, Islamic invaders, Sikh period, British rule, and the post independence era. Trinity of Punjabi Pride What's the Problem? So what? The results of this ignorance is astounding. We never ...

Princess of Bhambhore

Sindhi Girls in Traditional Attire Imād ad-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Qāsim ath-Thaqafī (695 – 715) was an Umayyad general who invaded India from Damascus and conquered the Sindh and Multan region of Punjab along the Indus River (now a part of Pakistan) for the Caliphate. This invasion of Sindh in 711 was the sixth Arab invasion of Sindh. Five earlier attempts were routed with great loss of Arab life and investment. The desire to extend the Caliphate to India was motivated by two reasons: "Jehad" mission to conquer India and impose Islam in the region Control the sea trade route via the strategic ports of Sindh Mohammad Bin Qasim in Sindh Chachnama The  Chach Nama  is the oldest chronicles of the Arab conquest of Sindh. It was translated in Persian by  Muhammad Ali bin Hamid bin Abu Bakr Kufi  in 1216 from an earlier Arabic text believed to have been written by the Thaqafi family (relatives of Muhammad bin Qasim). Chach Nama  is an historic d...