14 OCTOBER 2019
Dawn.com takes a look back at the past visits to Pakistan by British royalty
https://www.dawn.com/news/1509328/historical-ties-a-look-back-at-past-visits-to-pakistan-by-british-royals
21 DECEMBER 2018
US turned blind eye to Pakistan’s nuclear programme in 70s after China’s intervention: Documents
8 DECEMBER 2018
Peoples of the Indus Valley Basin
Invaders from the North entered the Subcontinent through the Indus Valley (Pakistan). Hence, Pakistan may be termed the heart of the Indus Valley civilization
https://www.thefridaytimes.com/tft/peoples-of-the-indus-valley-basin/
11 SEPTEMBER 2018
WHY A 4,500-YEAR-OLD SKULL IS KEY TO THE POLITICS OF INDIA’S HINDU-MUSLIM DIVIDE
It is a measure of the mood in today’s India that archaeology, genetics and racial purity have now been co-opted in a debate about current politics. Not since the middle of the 20th Century has racial purity been as important in the politics of a major nation. And yes, the term ‘Aryan’ is being bandied about with a worryingly familiar ease
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2162694/why-4500-year-old-skull-key-politics-indias-hindu-muslim-divide
12 JULY 2018
History: Britain, Nepal and some questionable treaties
More than two centuries ago, The British East India Company wanted three things from Nepal: to open a trade route to Tibet, establish a British Resident in Kathmandu and weaken the Gurkha Kingdom of Nepal
http://www.atimes.com/article/history-britain-nepal-and-some-questionable-treaties/
4 DECEMBER 2017
China’s cultural debt to a Nepalese artist in the 13th-century court of Kublai Khan
The neighbourhood of Fuchengmen, just west of central Beijing, no longer bears any resemblance to Kublai Khan’s majestic Yuan dynasty capital of Dadu. Even the most striking symbol of the great emperor’s 13th-century supremacy is now dwarfed by Beijing’s countless high-rise office towers and apartment blocks
http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2122813/chinas-cultural-debt-nepalese-artist-13th-century
16 NOVEMBER 2017
Pakistan unveils 1,700-year-old sleeping Buddha, evoking diverse heritage
Pakistan unveiled the remains of a 1,700-year-old sleeping Buddha image on Wednesday, part of an initiative to encourage tourism and project religious harmony in a region roiled by Islamist militancy
http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/pakistan/pakistan-unveils-1-700-year-old-sleeping-buddha-evoking-diverse-heritage-1.2125669
http://zeenews.india.com/asia/is-this-the-worlds-oldest-buddha-statue-excavated-in-pakistan-2057674.html
17 AUGUST 2017
Pakistan: A Failed State?
Seventy years on from its creation, crisis-ridden Pakistan is a very different country from the one envisioned by its founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah
http://www.historytoday.com/tahir-kamran/pakistan-failed-state?mc_cid=a7205dac6a&mc_eid=18057ba353