THE cultural influence of Pakistan transcends geographical and political boundaries to areas as far as the edges of South, Central and East Asia. This article gives an overview of the ancient heritage of Pakistan that has chiseled its society and culture into its current splendor.

Near Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, runs a small river, Soan. The banks of this river have been the repository of stone tools, estimated to be more than 500,000 years old. Believed to have been designed by the primitive anthropoids, these tools furnish the oldest traces of human life in Pakistan.

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