"The history of Pakistan (Urdu: \u062A\u0627\u0631\u064A\u062E \u067E\u0627\u0643\u0650\u0633\u062A\u0627\u0646 \u200E) encompasses the history of the region constituting modern Pakistan. Prior to independence in 1947, the territory of modern Pakistan was a part of the British Indian Empire. Prior to that it was ruled in different periods by local kings and numerous imperial powers. The ancient history of the region comprising present-day Pakistan also includes some of the oldest of the names of empires of Indian Subcontinent and some of its major civilizations."@en . . . . . . . .