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Papers by Hobaib Muhammad
JAHS, 2020
The present paper briefly introduces the archaeology and history of West and East Pakistan as it ... more The present paper briefly introduces the archaeology and history of West and East Pakistan as it was then known and understood. It perfectly set the stage for Prof. Dani's future endeavours and thinking in the field of archaeology that he religiously followed in his early and later careers. Additionally, as the partition of India was quite new at the time of writing of this article, the article is brimming with the views and emotions of Prof. Dani on the eve of Independence of Muslim Pakistan. Furthermore, the article introduces the reader to almost all the chronological and historical phenomena and its related issues. Thus, describing the history of Pakistan, Prof. Dani was still adamant to believe the then prevalent understandings that the Indus Civilization had its origins in the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations; however, he pointed to extensive trading relationships with the civilizations of Sumer and Egypt. In this article he sets the stage of his academic beloved subject of Aryans that he followed throughout his career. The article portrays his believe in the destruction of Indus Civilization at the hands of the Aryans and their superior lifestyles, and the horse-riding invaders and the harbingers of change in South Asia. These ideas resonate in his later works, especially on the Gandhara Grave Culture of Pakistan (Dani 1968, 1978, 1998; Dani and Durrani 1964; Zahir 2012, 2016). The articles briefly note the historical developments in West Pakistan, including the invasion of Alexander the Great, the Mauriyan and Kushan empires and ends with coming of Islam and the rise of Mughal India. The part of the article that describe the archaeology and history of the East Pakistan (present Bangladesh) delves more into the origin of people rather than cultures and, in a typical culture-history approach of the time that Prof. Dani continued almost all his academic life (Zahir 2016), considered people and archaeological material cultures as interchangeable.
Archaeological Research in since 1900 century by Hobaib Muhammad
JAHS, 2020
The present paper briefly introduces the archaeology and history of West and East Pakistan as it ... more The present paper briefly introduces the archaeology and history of West and East Pakistan as it was then known and understood. It perfectly set the stage for Prof. Dani's future endeavours and thinking in the field of archaeology that he religiously followed in his early and later careers. Additionally, as the partition of India was quite new at the time of writing of this article, the article is brimming with the views and emotions of Prof. Dani on the eve of Independence of Muslim Pakistan. Furthermore, the article introduces the reader to almost all the chronological and historical phenomena and its related issues. Thus, describing the history of Pakistan, Prof. Dani was still adamant to believe the then prevalent understandings that the Indus Civilization had its origins in the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations; however, he pointed to extensive trading relationships with the civilizations of Sumer and Egypt. In this article he sets the stage of his academic beloved subject of Aryans that he followed throughout his career. The article portrays his believe in the destruction of Indus Civilization at the hands of the Aryans and their superior lifestyles, and the horse-riding invaders and the harbingers of change in South Asia. These ideas resonate in his later works, especially on the Gandhara Grave Culture of Pakistan (Dani 1968, 1978, 1998; Dani and Durrani 1964; Zahir 2012, 2016). The articles briefly note the historical developments in West Pakistan, including the invasion of Alexander the Great, the Mauriyan and Kushan empires and ends with coming of Islam and the rise of Mughal India. The part of the article that describe the archaeology and history of the East Pakistan (present Bangladesh) delves more into the origin of people rather than cultures and, in a typical culture-history approach of the time that Prof. Dani continued almost all his academic life (Zahir 2016), considered people and archaeological material cultures as interchangeable.