History of Islamabad

[1][2] Items of pottery and utensils dating back to prehistory have been found in several areas.

Relics and human skulls have been found dating back to 5000 BC indicating this region as a home to people in Neolithic times, who roamed the banks of the Soan River.

[2][4] Situated at one end of the Indus Valley civilization, the area was an early habitation of the Aryan community in Central Asia.

[1] A Buddhist town once existed in this region[5] and remains of a stupa have been identified in the G-12 sector.

It is considered by some as one of the most extensively and successfully planned cities in South Asia.