Bharatiya - Pakistan, Afghanistan

Regions
A Historical-Geological-Cultural Hybrid


1. Sindh Valley/Plains/Desert Region
Sindhurajya, Sindhudesh
Language - Sindhi
Alluvial Plains of the Sindhu river between the Thar Desert and the Balochistan Hill/Mountains Range. It begins after the confluence of the 5 rivers of Punjab with the Sindhu River, South West of Mulasthan (Multan), where the valley begins and the language changes from Punjabi to Sindhi.
90% of Hindu in Pakistan are in the Sindh Region - See Section Below.
Thar Desert in Pakistan

The Outline includes the adjacent Thar Desert areas in Pakistan. About 20% of the Thar Desert is in Pakistan. There is not much difference in the peoples whom inhabit it from the rest of the Thar desert in India - with similarly high population of Hindu. 

2. Balochistan Hill/Mountain Region
Balochistan Hill/Mountain Range are an extension of the Hindu Koh (Gandhara) Hill/Mountain Range.
Usinara kingdom of the Puranas, the kingdom of King Sibi - famous in the Puranas for giving his own flesh in charity. Sibi is still the name of a city, and district headquarters in the Region.
At Present  .5 - 1.5 % of the Population of this Region are still Hindu (see map below). Hills and Mountains, though Large is scarcely populated


3. Punjab (Pakistan) Plains Region
Language - Punjabi
Alluvial Plains, part of the Panca Nada Region of the Purana, with other part being Indian Punjab - panj meaning 5 (panca) and ab - water; or the  "Land of 5 Rivers". The 5 rivers are Vipasa, Iravati, Vitasta, Chandrabhaga and Satadru or in modern times (same order) the : Beas, Ravi, Jhelum, Chenab and Sutlej. See the Other Maps - Trans-National Regions page for the full Punjab Region.
Famous Historical Cities: Mulasthan (Multan), Lavapuri(Lahore) and Kushapuri(Kasur) cities established Lava and Kush.


4. Hindu Shahi Plateau/Valley/Plains/Hills Region
A Plateau-Valley at the Junction of the Himalaya Mountains, the Plains of North Bharat and the Hindu Koh Mountain Range, it is obvious why this region was famous throughout history with Cities like Takshashila (Taxila), Purushavar (Peshawar), Pushkalavati (Charsadda) and personalities like Panini. It was ruled by the powerful Hindu Shahi dynasty, the custodians of Bharat Proper to the West. Famous Cities of modern history include Rawalpindi and Attock. 


5. Hindu Koh Hill/Mountain Region
An Hill/Mountain Range extending from the Western End of the Himalaya to the Balochistan Hill/Mountain Range.
Gandhara Kingdom of the Puranas and Mahabharata. Hills and Mountains, a Large scarcely populated area - it is the Historical Gateway to Bharat from the West. The Mountains were officially renamed by the Afghanistan Government in 1955 as the Hindu Koh Mountain Range(Koh = Mountains) from the commonly used Hindu Kush Mountains name. The Region is almost entirely in the country of Afghanistan.

6. Himalaya (Pakistan, Afghanisthan) Mountain Region
Himalaya Mountains in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Ancient Sharada Pith university is present in the Himalaya of Pakistan.






Bharatiya - Pakistan

Last Religious Census by  Pakistan Government was 1998(as of 2016). According to that and other more recent sources Hindus are 1.5-2% of the total population and between 2-3.5 million(some say 5 million?).
About +90% are in Sindh province, ?% in Punjab province and 1% in Balochistan province, besides elsewhere.
Sindhi Hindus surnames usually end with "" ani ''' ie. lani, khani, gani, yani, wani etc.


District Level Hindu Population based on 1998 Census.

1. 30-50% Hindu districts in Pakistan ---- Sindh

50% -  Umerkot distirct
40% - Tharparkar district
30% -  Mirpurkhas district
Includes desert area of the 20% district to the north.
Outline is very accurate due to boundaries being aligned to natural features
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2. 15-20% Hindu districts in Pakistan -- Sindh

15% - Hyderabad district (undivided)
20% - Badin, Sanghar districts
Includes desert of adjoining northern districts(3-7%)
Accurate outline


3. 2-6% Hindu districts in Pakistan ----- Sindh

2% - Rahimyarkhan, Dadu, Shikarpur districts
3% - Jacobabad, Khairpur, Thatta, Nababsha, Sukkur districts
6% - Ghotki district
Includes desert of  Bahawalpur- Punjab (1%)

Basic outline.

4. 0.2 -  1.6 % Hindu districts in Pakistan ---- Balochistan
1 - 1.6% -  Sibi, Bolan, Lasbela, Jhal Magsi, Chagai, Jaffarabad,
0.5 - 0.8 - Kalat, Khuzdar Mastung, Dera Bugti, Nasirabad districts
0.2 - 0.4% - Gwadar, Kharan, Awaran, Loralai, Kohlu, Panjgur districts

Sindh -  Probable Ground Level Hindu Concentration

With the Statistics being district wise, rather than tehsil it is possible on the ground level that the Hindu Population is concentrated as show in the map. Considerations are: centralization of Hindu population in/toward Umerkot district(47%, former princely Hindu state) and Tharparkar district(40%); the low proportion of Hindus in the exterior undivided Hyderabad district (most are in the new Hyderabad Urban district) as well as much lower population of Hindus in the districts adjoining the 2 -20% districts.
Thus it is likely that the Hindu population of the 2 - 20% distircts are peripheral of the 40-50% districts of Umerkot and Tharparkar. The reports of prosecution since 1998 come from the 2-6% districts and the 20% districts, and if the supposition is correct that would be from the areas of these 2 districts outlying the below map ie, where the proportion may be much lower than 20%.
If this is correct on the ground then this map would be a basic outline of a 30-50% concentration of Hindus in Sindh, intact and less likely to suffer prosecution, as in the rest of Pakistan and migrations to India.

Although it is popularly thought Umerkot/Amarkot was a independent princely state(which chose to join Pakistan), British maps do not confirm the same. British maps show a "Tharparkar" area of British Sindh Province which included Umerkot, and spanned from Khairpur state(always shown in maps) in the north, including and till Mirpurkhas town to the west and straight south thereafter, with the same India-Pakistan boundaries in the south and east. Umerkot "state" was thus likely a pensioner ("jagir of 43 sq2") of British Sindh with no independent or even administrative status. This map matches the outline of "Tharparkar" of the British maps, thus confirming 1. A Princely state with the area of "Tharparkar" in Bristish maps existed and was taken over by the British. 2. It was a Hindu State with consolidated 50-75% Hindu Population(British Census data), that the areas outside of Tharparkar" or the outline of this map had a much lower Hindu Population, 4. and that this "Tharparkar" area a pre British Hindu state, as outlined in the below map is the parts of the 2 - 20% districts of Badin and Sanghar districts, where the actual Hindu population would be 30-50%(and the rest of the area of those 2 districts with 2-5%)
The map uses Mirpur Khas district boundary as an anchor, as the adjacent districts are known to have very low Hindu %. The outline in Badin and Sanghar districts continues from that

These maps would be improved and confirmed with more detailed Statistics and maps.

Hindu Temples in Pakistan *Incomplete*
Here is a Map of Temples and Places in Pakistan. Feel free to contribute places/comment.




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_Temples_of_Kabul
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism_in_Afghanistan#Ancient_Hindu_temples


Bharatiya - Afghanistan