What is Ancient history of Pakistan?
[[File:MET DP144418.jpg|thumb|Statue of a [[Bodhisattva]] in the [[Gandhara art]], art style that developed in the [[Gandhara]] region of Pakistan.]] '''Ancient history of Pakistan''' covers the [[history of Pakistan]] from [[Prehistory|prehistoric times]] until the start of the [[Medieval Pakistan|Medieval period]]. Pakistan is located on a vast geographic region known as the '''Greater Indus Region''' or the '''Greater Indus Valley''',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HbvTBAAAQBAJ&q=Ancient+Pakistan+Volume+I|title=Ancient Pakistan - An Archaeological History: Volume II: A Prelude to Civilization|last=Ahmed|first=Mukhtar|date=2014-10-15|publisher=Amazon|isbn=978-1-4959-4130-6|pages=16|language=en|quote=...archaeologists often call the whole area the Greater Indus Region or the Greater Indus Valley. Thus, Ancient Pakistan is essentially the Greater Indus Valley; it is more a cultural and geographic unit than a political one.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pmAuAsi4ePIC&q=Possehl,+Gregory+L.+The+Indus+Civilization:+A+Contemporary+Perspective.+Oxford+%26+IBH+Publishing,+2002.|title=The Indus Civilization: A Contemporary Perspective|last=Possehl|first=Gregory L.|date=2002|publisher=Rowman Altamira|isbn=978-0-7591-0172-2|language=en|quote=The Greater Indus region is the easternmost portion of a large cultural and natural area of antiquity, stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Thar Desert ...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mxFuAAAAMAAJ|title=Ancient Cholistan: Archaeology and Architecture|last=Mughal|first=Mohammad Rafique|date=1997|publisher=Ferozsons|isbn=978-969-0-01350-7|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F6iBAAAAMAAJ&q=Ancient+Indus|title=The Ancient Indus Valley: New Perspectives|last=McIntosh|first=Jane|date=2008|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|isbn=978-1-57607-907-2|pages=|language=en}}</ref> which is a [[Geography|Geo]]-[[Cradle of civilization|Cultural Cradle]].{{NoteTag|note=The '''