Pakistan

Main article: History of Pakistan (Including pre-history, civilizations of the region, and modern events to date)

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Other articles:History of India, History of Afghanistan, History of Iran, History of South Asia.

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Pakistan exists in a region whose history has overlapped that of India, Afghanistan and Persia (Iran). As one of the cradles of human civilization, the Pakistani region has long been at the crossroads of history. Pakistan was the site of the Indus Valley civilization and was subsequently conquered by many groups, including Aryans, Persians, Greeks, Greco-Bactrians, Kushans, White Huns, and Scythians, and various other more obscure groups. This period saw the country advance in trade and culture to a level where the Gandhara region and the great city of Taxila became a great center of learning and development.

History of India: The History of India for times preceding 1947 is inseparable from that of the history of the Indian subcontinent as a whole. The neolithic Indus Valley civilization in the 3rd millennium BCE extended over much of what is now Pakistan and the western Republic of India. The Vedic civilization until t...

History of Iran: The history of Iran (Persia) covers thousands of years, from the kingdom of Elam to the modern Islamic Republic of Iran. (For a more detailed history of Iran, see also the German Wikipedia or Full list of Iranian kingdoms)...

History of South Asia: The term South Asia usually refers to the political entities of the Indian subcontinent, the Republic of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan, including the island nations of Sri Lanka and the Maldives....

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Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Mali	Map of Afghanistan Pakistan and the Middle East	A Contingent of the Cadets of Pakistan Army	Badshahi Mosque in Lahore Punjab Pakistan
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Namchas Place in Lahore Showing the Golden Throne of the Great Mogul Pakistan	Supporters of Pakistani Shiite Muslim Group Gather Near to Burning Tire Barricades Rally Pakistan	Remains of a Buddhist Stupa in the Ruins of the Archaeological Site of Taxila Pakistan