Ancient Mesopotamia, Near East and Greater Iran: The Baloch and Balochistan

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The Baloch and Balochistan

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Topic: The Baloch and Balochistan

Posted By: Roman Sakhan
Subject: The Baloch and Balochistan
Date Posted: 13-Jan-2019 at 14:14

Linguistic evidence indicates theorigin of Balochi to be in the pre-Christian Medean or Parthian civilizations.

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Posted By: Roman Sakhan
Date Posted: 13-Jan-2019 at 21:35

According to Mr Jerry Wood-Anderson who has travelled widely in 'Baloch' territory and who has studied the weavings of these people, the rug weaving 'Baloch' originated amongst the Scythians of Central Asia and came into Sistan thousands of years ago.