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It is sad that archaeologists like Masih and Shinde, working towards the common goal of unravelling an ancient civilization, cannot collaborate on their findings. Haven’t our great politicians considered archaeology in Indo-Pak or SAARC talks yet?
Wonderful story. Can someone get the original articles in PDF format as I don’t have access to the magazine website?
adil why dont you write a piece for us on this?
Asalam Walaikum,
I liked reading this article. As more research is done it seems there are many new things to learn about civilisations based in Egypt/Nubian, Mesopotamia, Persia, and the Indian Subcontinent. It is worth learning about Chinese Civilisation (oldest human civilisation), and how these entities interacted with each other, via trade and exchange of ideas. Central Asia played a more important role in exchanges between China, Persia, and Indus Valley civilisations.
Nishat: You are thinking about the ‘sufism’ of Subcontinental variety. Yes that brand of ‘sufism’ is laced with Hindu and Buddhist thoughts and practices where Shrine substitutes the Temple and Pir stands in for the Guru. Singing and dancing at shrines is akin to Hindu worshiping in temples. Move away from the Indian Subcontinent to other Muslim lands and you will find different kinds of ‘sufism’ there, devoid to Hindu/Buddhist influence. Case in point are the different varieties of ‘cultural islam’ and ‘sufism’ practiced in Black Africa, Byzantine Eastern Europe, Ancient Anatolia or Asia Minor, Russia and Central Asia. The further one travels away from the Arabian Peninsula, diluted the Arab ‘cultural islam’ gets. Indian Subcontinent has no monopoly over ‘sufism’.