History of Islamabad
HISTORY OF THE CAPITAL CITY OF PAKISTAN
History of Islamabad Capital Territory; History of the Islamabad Capital Territory
The city of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, is located on the Pothohar Plateau within the Islamabad Capital Territory—one of the earliest known sites of human settlement in Asia. Some of the earliest Stone Age artifacts in the world have been found on the plateau, dating from 1 million to 500,000 years ago.