Alexander the Great in S.Asia?

 

And do get it right on your blog. Pakistan isn't India, Jhelum, Nicaea, Bucephela aren't Indian cities! Thanks.

 

 

 

 

 

Oh really. Pakistan was joined with India (Bharat) through colonial force, not through the will of the people. Prior to the British, there were a whole lot of empires that drew a border where the Indo-Pak border is right now. Some might have extended into parts of North India, but generally these were also extended into Afghanistan or as far away as Greece. Why is it then that you conclude Pakistan has a shared history with India, but not Afghanistan (or even Greece)? The simple fact is Pakistan has a different history to India, a different one to Afghanistan, a different one to Greece. I don't see how you can dispute this. Archemids, Timur's, Alexanders, IV Civilizations all did not extend into India (or any signifiacant amount). The Mughals extended into North India, but also extended into Afghanistan, Turkmenistan etc.

 

 

 

The only people that unified all three countries was the British, but even then Pakistan was not under its complete control (perhaps the Mauryans also though it wasnt for very long again, and Mauryan culture only took off in Pakistan rather than in India anyway). British history in the subcontinent is only for 200 years or so, so it's hardly a shared history with North India. The real clincher are the DNA tests, pretty clear that Pakistanis on average have different ancestries to Indians.

 

 

You mean the Kalash.The legend has it the Kalash were descended from deserters who stayed behind after Greek Emperor Alexander the Great�s army passed through the area more than 2,000 years ago, and for centuries they lived in splendid isolation.

Wiki has an intresting article but also click and the given  links like the below

 

 

 

Different attempts convey various connotations:

 

Nearly 70 variance are proposed as follows:

 

Al, Alasdair, Alastair, Alaster, Alaxander, Alcander, Alcinder, Alcindor, Alec, Aleco, Alejandro, Alejo, Alek, Aleko, Aleksandar, Aleksander, Aleksandr, Aleksanteri, Alesandro, Alessandre, Alessandri, Alessandro, Alex, Alexan, Alexandre, Alexandro, Alexandros, Alexei, Alexi, Alexio, Alexis, Alic, Alicio, Alick, Alik, Alisander, Alissander, Alissandre, Alistair, Alister, Alistir, Alix, Alixandre, Allie, Allistair, Allister, Allistir, Alsandare, Alyksandr, Iskander, Iskender, Lex, Lexo, Sacha, Sander, Sandero, Sandor, Sandro, Sandros, Sandie, Sandy, Sascha, Sasha, Saunder, Saunders, Sikander, Xander, Zander, Zandro and Zandros.

 

How, they, then are narrowed down to "Alexander"?

 

When the name "Alexander" as such was used for the first time?