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Pakistan
پاکستان
اردو [1]پاکستان - اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان

اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان جنوبی ايشيا ميں واقع ہے۔ پاکستان کے مشرق ميں بھارت، شمال مشرق ميں چین اور مغرب ميں افغانستان اور ايران اور جنوب ميں بحيرہ عرب واقع ہيں۔ پاکستان کا مطلب ہے پاک لوگوں کے رہنے کی جگہ اور يہ نام چودھری رحمت علی نے تجويز کيا تھا۔

English Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a country located in South Asia. It has a 1046-kilometer coastline along the Arabian Sea in the south and is bordered by ► Afghanistan and ► Iran in the west and ► India in the east. To the northeast of the country, Pakistan controls two dependent territories in the ► Kashmir region: Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir. Constitutionally, Pakistan consists of the four provinces of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, and Sindh; and the Islamabad Capital Territory.

Short name  Pakistan
Official name Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Status Independent country since 1947
Location South Asia
Capital اسلام آباد (Islamabad)
Population (in 2018) 212,215,030 [2] inhabitants
Area 796,095 square kilometres (307,374 sq mi)
Major languages Urdu, English (both official), Pashto, Sindhi, Balochi, Punjabi
Major religions Islam, Hinduism
More information Pakistan, Geography of Pakistan, History of Pakistan and Politics of Pakistan
More images Pakistan - Pakistan (Category).

General maps

UN map of South Asia
Map of Pakistan
Map of Pakistan (in Urdu)
Map of Pakistan
Topographic map of Pakistan
Map of Pakistan and Afghanistan
Tehsils of Pakistan
Ethnic divisions

Maps of Kashmir

UN map of the Kashmir region
Map of the Kashmir region
Map of the Kashmir region (in Dutch)

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Pakistan, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Pakistan.

Indus Valley Civilization (2600-1900 BCE)
Vedic civilization (1500-500 BCE)
Vedic civilization
"Bharatvarsha" (Kingdom of India) during the time of Mahabharata and Ramayana
Ancient India 600 BC
Gandhara
Achaemid Empire (Persia around 50 BCE
The Expedition of Alexander the Great 334-323 BCE
Map of the Empire of Alexander
Map of the Empire of Alexander 334-323 BCE
Map of the Empire of Alexander (Norwegian)
Hellenistic successor states:
 
Kingdom of Ptolemy
 
Kingdom of Cassander
 
Kingdom of Lysimachus
 
Kingdom of Seleucus
 
Epirus
Other states:
 
Carthage
 
Rome
 
Greek colonies
Hellenistic world in 200 BCE
Greco-Bactrian kingdom (250-125 BCE)
Maurya and Gupta Empires
Mauryan Empire
Mauryan Empire
Indo-Greek kingdom (180 BCE-10 AD)
Indo-Greek Kingdom
Western Kshatrapas(35-405 AD)
Gupta Empire (400 AD)
Gupta Empire
Gupta Empire
Gupta Empire
Hephthalite dominion (520)
Harsha's Empire around 600
Pratihara (6th-11th century)
Expansion of the Caliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman
Age of the Caliphs
Caliphate around 750
Rajput Kingdoms (7th-11th Century)
Map showing changes in borders of the Mongol Empire from founding by Genghis Khan in 1206, Genghis Khan's death in 1227 to the rule of Kublai Khan (1260–1294). (Uses modern day borders)
 
Mongol Empire

By 1294 the empire had split into:

 
Golden Horde
 
Chagatai Khanate
 
Ilkhanate
 
Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan Dynasty)
Delhi Sultanate (13th century)
Sher Shah Suri's Empire (around 1500)
European settlements in India 1501-1739
Mughal Empire (1600) and European possesions
Mughal Empire (1700) and Maratha Confederacy (1860)
Mughal Empire (1526-1857)
Mughal Empire
India 1700-1792
Maratha Confederacy 1790
Sikh Empire of Ranjit Singh 1799 - 1849
British India, not including Burma
Britain's holdings on the Indian subcontinent were granted independence in 1947 and 1948, becoming four new independent states: India, Burma (now Myanmar), Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), and Pakistan (including East Pakistan, modern-day Bangladesh)
Partition of India
Historical Pakistan until 1971

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

Hindustan in 1812 by Arrowsmith and Lewis

Ethno-linguistic maps

Languages of South Asia
Indo-arian languages
Dravidian languages
Languages of Pakistan

Other maps

UN map of Pakistan
Industry map
[[|border|251x400px]] Major Ethnic Groups in Pakistan

Notes and references

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  1. ↑ Romanization: Pākistān - Islami Jumhuriyah Pākistān
  2. ↑ Population, total. data.worldbank.org. World Bank. Retrieved on 23 August 2019.

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Netherlands Antilles

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Tamil Eelam


References
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