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Whoa, the cities of Lahore and Kasur are said to have been founded by the sons of King Ram of Ayodhya, and the cities of Takshashila (Taxila) and Pushkalavati (Charsadda) are said to have been founded by the sons of his brother Bharat. Gandhara is frequently mentioned in the Mahabharata, and...

So Nawaz Sharif and ISI have been backing terrorist attacks in Punjab? This does sound credible ... for example, when the SL cricket team was attacked - the attack went on for half an hour without any interference, and it was just some 100 meters from Liberty Circle Police Station. There are...

Don't you think it would be better to use the huge coal deposits that Pakistan has? Much cheaper than nuclear. Also, go ahead with importing gas from Iran, if you can withstand US pressure to isolate Iran.

The Persian words were more familiar to the elites in contact with Persian speakers who were the ruling classes until the decline of the Mughals around 1700 AD. The common people would naturally be more comfortable with the Sanskrit-derived Prakrit words. The "Sanskritized" Hindi of...

Well, Greek, being an Indo-European languange, can be expected to show some Sanskrit / Vedic influences. But I do not think the Greek invasions made any impact on Indic languages whatsoever.

If anybody can translate those five words into Pashto, I'd be interested. As regards Persian, I think you have to distinguish between Avestan and normal Persian. Avestan originated in the Balkh area of Northern Afghanistan, which had considerable Vedic influence. But most of Persia did not...

I would say it's vice-versa :) But the Prakrit languages have a special affinity ... for example, Punjabi and Hindi are close, but Pashto cannot be called a Prakrit language (as far as I know). Maybe people here can tell us what the Pashto words are for Kshetra (Field), Aksha (Eye)...

Bengali, Hindi (also known as Khadi Boli), Gujarati, Marwadi, Punjabi, Nepali, Sindhi, Marathi, Odiya, Assamese are all Prakrit languages, with much of their original vocabulary being derived from Sanskrit. Some typical examples - Kshetra in Sanskrit becomes Khet in Hindi and Shet in...

Take a look at these links The Hindu : Metro Plus Delhi / Cinema : Calling all Indians Verbal Deficiency! Nai Urdu

The Dalai Lama says that "Hinduism" and Buddhism are twins (An interview of His Holiness, the Dalai Lama where he speaks on happiness, compassion and Buddhahood). I don't like to use the word Hinduism, but I would say that any world view that includes the concepts of Karma, Yoga, Moksha is part...

It is interesting that Jinnah was born a Nizari Ismaili (Aga Khani), and converted to Shia Islam at the age of 25. (See comments here - Plain Mr Jinnah Pak Tea House) For an exposition of the links between the Nizari Ismailis, the Assassin sect, the Kinghts Templar and Freemasonry, see the...

Well, the Nizari Ismailis do have an fascinating history. Look up the connection of the Nizari Ismailis with the Hashshashin sect of medieval Persia, and further, connections of the Hashshashins with the Knights Templar, and to Freemasonry.

The leadership of the Aga Khani's (i.e. Nizari Ismailis) and Ahmedis appears to have been pro-British, who wanted to create Pakistan for their geopolitical goals. In fact, in 1906, Aga Khan III became the first President of the All India Muslim League.

Yes, I would agree with that statement. In India, spirituality has been regarded as a science. So Sanatan Dharma, the science of spiritual evolution, is just as secular as Mathematics. (Here "secular" is being used in the sense of being independent of superficial rituals and cultural practices.)

"Hindu" is not an Indic word. It was introduced in around 300 BC by the Greeks. Sanatan Dharma is the correct word to use for Indic (Bharateeya, भारतीय) philosophies, even today.

This is not quite OK ... rather than Dharma being affected by class occupation etc, it would be more accurate to say that Dharma is affected by evolutionary status (personal spiritual evolution toward Enlightenment, Nirvana). For example, Albert Einstein had praised vegetarianism, but...

Here is some information about the Haqqani gang which Pakistan is seeking to promote:

I suppose by "arch enemy" you must be referring to your friendly eastern neighbour. You are mistaken in assuming that Afghanistan is anybody's puppet, nor is there any credible reason to believe that India is doing anything other than helping the Afghan people. Secondly, you cannot dictate...

If the demand for "balance" is to mean that certain religious groups are to be given disproportional powers, then it is a good thing that the plan was rejected. Also, I believe there was a provision for the "Muslim group" including United Punjab, United Bengal, and Assam to secede after 15...

Correction: the opposition to temple entry was from politically powerful OBCs, who have grabbed a big chunk of reservations for themselves.