Northwest India (pre-1947)

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For the modern Indian region, see Northwest India.
For the broader region which includes Balochistan, Baltistan, and Pashtunistan, see Northwestern South Asia.
Sindh, Pakistan dating back to the Indus Valley Civilisation
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Northwest India was a historical region, geographically located on the north-western Indian subcontinent. It predominantly constitutes what are now parts of the present-day South Asian republics of India and Pakistan (specifically modern north-western India and eastern Pakistan) after the 1947 Partition of British India.[1][2]

The region encompassed the modern Pakistan and the territory of the modern India approximately to the west of the 77th meridian east and north of the 24th parallel north.[3]

History

See also: History of Pakistan

The Indus Valley Civilisation formed in the northwestern subcontinent over 4000 years ago, with climate change potentially having caused its later decline.[4]

Northwest India was a hub of Buddhism in ancient times.[5][6]

The Umayyad Caliphate conquered Sindh in the 8th century CE,[7] marking the beginning of what was to become a major Islamic presence in the region.[8]

See also

References

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  4. ^ "Abrupt weakening of the summer monsoon in northwest India ~4100 yr ago". pubs.geoscienceworld.org. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
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