What exactly is this meant to be indicative of? Someone at some point in your very own ancestry will have made the decision to 'convert' to another belief, irrespective or where it originated. There is no such thing as a 'converted peoples', unless you're using the phrase in the context of time immemorial. So please keep the false dichotomies to yourself, and stop trying to incite division through inflammatory remarks, which are, with all due respect, largely unfounded.
Historically the area has been one under the Mauryan Empire and Mughal Empire. The concept of Akhand Bharat is in in ancient Indian literature. In my opinion the Indians of the subcontinent have always had an idea of what their greater boundaries are, and the people who we call 'our own'. It even encompasses eastern Afghanistan. Although people have taken drastically different paths today, and have marked themselves as separate people now.
The claiming is so pathetic, and I hate to admit but it's something that actually gets on my nerves. I understand SOME people may have this heritage, but not as many who say they do. They just don't want to admit they were they were, kind of, the ones who gave in or adapted to the ways of their foreign rulers.
To me, we aren't so different. In race, likes, dislikes etc. To me we are one people and hope it becomes a peaceful reality one day.
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