IRVI kicks off 'debunking of colonial history' of subcontinent via architectures exploration.

ISLAMABAD -- Indus River Valley Institute (IRVI) has started debunking colonial history of the subcontinent that is home to the world's unique culture, traditions, heritage, arts and linguistics through exposure visits and architecture exploration.

The IRVI has adopted a unique stratagem to transform a mundane activity into an exciting learning experience through travelling to archaic heritage sites, map reading, drawing, sitting in natural environment without any chair and layers with bare feet to redevelop a connection with the ancient buildings not merely a structure of stones and bricks rather the heritage of their ancestors lost after the advent of British colonial rule.

The Institute has kicked off exposure visits and activities in the federal capital where public, experts, students, academia, media and history lovers have given an overwhelming response to the initiative.

Founder, IRVI, Zain Mustafa told reporter on Sunday that there was no clear definition to the term 'Cultural Diversity of Pakistan' because no one ever dared to dig out the history beyond Mughals and British. The region of the subcontinent where Pakistan existed today was one of the most diverse, culturally rich area as it was the custodian of Indus Valley and Mehrgarh Civilizations that existed along the mighty Indus River and there only purpose was to guard the waters, he added.

Over the past 4,000-5,000 years, numerous dynasties emerged and wiped out from the scene with the region tasting colours of different languages, arts, customs and science that shaped this area into a different region with every passing century, Zain Mustafa said.

The IRVI Founder regretted that unfortunately, the 7,000 years old cultural diversity has been submerged and suppressed by various historians to paint a bleak picture of the region and its people as inferior and culturally illiterate people.

The Institute is Pakistan's first culture, heritage and identity think tank to reclaim the lost roots to our ancestors who passed through the Indus River Valley or settled there over millennia.

Mustafa added that the technique to decolonise and debunk myths of shared and overlapping histories bringing them onto one united, holistic platform from the regional stories of the Silk Road, The Indus river watershed and delta, The China connection and KKH, Kabul, Afghanistan and Peshawar, Persia; Darius the Great, Greeks, Kalash and Alexander the Great,

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