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08/07/2017 GMT

Pakistan Unveiled

Treasures of the Indus

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Sona Datta explores the history of Pakistan.

All too often, Pakistan is portrayed as a country of bombs and instability. Yet, it used to be the meeting point for many different faiths and has an intriguing multicultural past.

This is the story of the Indian sub-continent told through the treasures of three very different people, places and dynasties that have shaped the modern Indian world. All too often, Pakistan is portrayed as a country of bombs and instability. The view of it as a monolithic Muslim state is even embodied in the name of the country, 'The Islamic Republic of Pakistan'. Yet, as Sona Datta shows, it used to be the meeting point for many different faiths from around the world and has an intriguing multicultural past - a past about which it is to some extent in denial. It also produced some extraordinary and little-known works of art which Sona, from her work as a curator at the British Museum, explores and explains.

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The story of the Indian sub-continent, told through the treasures that have shaped India.

This is the story of the Indian sub-continent told through the treasures, places and dynasties that have shaped the modern Indian world.

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