... of people and space but also in an exaggerated sense of uniqueness. In the British Empire's account, the region was the origin of sacred rivers and of people who were the ancestors of both Indians and Europeans. That is, the British viewed the inhabitants as the ancestors of the Aryan race. They discovered...

... associated with remoteness repeat themselves, although the wider context and the specificities may change. For example, the search for an original Aryan race by the British is similar to the search for an original Pakistani ethnicity by the Pakistan People's Party. Both ascribe to remoteness the quality...