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Sindh
Craft towns, living traditions, and indigenous culture
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UNESCO-listed Indus Valley city, one of South Asia's earliest planned urban settlements.
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Explore one of the world's largest historic necropolises and a remarkable record of Sindh's architectural heritage.
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Karachi's beloved urban beach, camel rides at sunset, the Karachi skyline silhouetted against a deep blue dusk sky, and the city's vibrant sea-front energy.
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A historic island beach off Karachi Harbour, home to a 19th-century British lighthouse, colonial-era churches, and lively surf that draws families from across the city.
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The “Great Wall of Sindh”, a vast historic fort whose ramparts run for some 26 km across the Kirthar foothills.
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The white-marble mausoleum of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan, and Karachi's most recognisable landmark.
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A pink Rajasthani-stone palace in Karachi's Clifton, now a museum of art and Sindhi heritage.
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A 17th-century Mughal mosque famed for its tilework and remarkable acoustics, part of Thatta's UNESCO-listed heritage.
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A sandstone necropolis on the desert outskirts of Karachi, its tombs carved with intricate friezes of horsemen, jewellery, and weapons, spanning roughly the 16th to 18th centuries.
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The excavated ruins of an ancient port city on the Indus delta near Thatta, a trading hub for over a thousand years under Scytho-Parthian, Hindu-Buddhist, and early Islamic rule.
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A desert cultural landscape at Sindh's far southeastern edge, ringed by the granite Karoonjhar Hills, with centuries-old Jain temples and a distinct Sindhi-Rajasthani heritage found nowhere else in Pakistan.
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A hilltop fort above Khairpur, its long crenellated ramparts commanding a mound that has been fortified since long before the current 19th-century Talpur-era walls were built.
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A square-walled 18th-century Talpur fort on the edge of the Thar Desert near Tharparkar, its brick ramparts rising abruptly out of the surrounding sand and scrub.
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A Rajput-era hilltop fort in the Thar Desert town where the Mughal emperor Akbar is traditionally said to have been born, its round bastions and thick brick walls still dominating the town skyline.
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Sindh's most visited Sufi shrine, where a golden dome rises over tiled courtyards at Sehwan Sharif and the dhamaal drums draw pilgrims from across the province every evening.
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A white marble Hindu temple complex on its own island in the Indus at Sukkur, founded in the 1820s and still reached only by boat.
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An 1889 cantilever bridge of red steel latticework between Sukkur and Rohri, built to carry the railway across the Indus and still framed by its brick approach turrets.
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Karachi's great Victorian Gothic market hall in Saddar, its limestone arcades and clock tower still anchoring one of the city's busiest quarters.
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A Venetian Gothic hall of 1865 set in its own gardens in central Karachi, housing a library and Sadequain's vast unfinished ceiling mural.
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The narrow balconied house in Kharadar where Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born in 1876, now a national monument open to visitors.
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A shrine at Daraza clad head to foot in blue and turquoise tilework, holding the tomb of the 18th-century Sufi poet whose verse is still sung across Sindh.
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The Talpur rulers' pink-and-cream palace at Khairpur, its domed pavilions and arcaded facade set in formal gardens, built in the 1790s and still held by the family.
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A restored merchant mansion in old Hyderabad, its carved limestone facade and wrought-iron balconies now housing a museum of the city's pre-Partition life.
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Flagstaff House, the colonial bungalow in Karachi where Muhammad Ali Jinnah lived in his final years, kept as a museum of his personal effects.
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The samadhs of Maharaja Sher Singh, his wife queen Randhawi, Dharam Kaur and Rani Partab Kaur are located in this place.
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Shikarpur is a very big town of Sukkur district.
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Shikarpur is at a distance of 25 kilometer from Sukkur and the Dharamsala of Bhai Gurdas Ji is inside town, Bhai Sahib was an Udasi Sadhu and he preached the religion of Sikhs.
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There is another sacred Shrine in Kandhkot which was built to commemorate the arrival of Jagat Guru Nanak Dev Ji to this place.
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Sukkur is a famous city of Sindh province.
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This sacred shrine is on an islet in the River Indus flowing between Rohri and Sukkur.
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Mirpur Khas is a famous city of the Sindh province and it is also the district head quarter.
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When Sat Gur Nanak Dev Ji came to Karachi he first of all stayed at this place.
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Clifton is a well known amusement area and the people normally visit this place for recreation.
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Bulani is a well-known town of Sindh province.
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This holy shrine is in Suniar (Goldsmith) Bazaar of tehsil Kandhkot of district Jacobabad.
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Kalat is located on Quetta-Karachi road.
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The Thul Hairo Khan is a Buddhist stupa located near Johi in Sindh, Pakistan, believed to have been built between the 5th and 7th centuries CE.
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The Kahu-Jo-Daro, or Mirpur Khas stupa, is an important Buddhist site located in Sindh, Pakistan, spread over 30 acres.
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The Thul Mir Rukan is a Buddhist stupa located near Kazi Ahmed and Daulatpur in Sindh, Pakistan.
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Sirnikot is an important Buddhist site located along the left bank of the Indus River in Sindh, Pakistan, specifically in deh Sadhoja, near New Jatoi town in Taluka Moro, Naushahro Froze District.
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The Kot Diji site, located in Khairpur district, Sindh, is an archaeological site dating back to the 5th - 6th century CE, associated with the Buddhist period in the region.
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The Sudheran-jo-Thul site, located in Taluka Mula Katyar, District Tando Muhammad Khan, Sindh, is an archaeological site with a stupa made from mud clay and mud bricks.
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Mohen-jo-Daro, an ancient Indus Valley Civilization site, is often associated with early Buddhist history due to the discovery of a Buddhist stupa in the area.
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The ancient rock carvings of Sindh, located in the Khirthar Mountain Range, span across several districts including Jacobabad, Qambar Shahdadkot, Dadu, and Jamshoro.
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The National Museum of Pakistan in Karachi houses a significant collection of Buddhist artifacts, particularly from the Gandhara civilization.
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Bhambore (or Bhanbhore) is an ancient city located in Sindh, Pakistan, with a history spanning from the 1st century BCE to the 13th century AD.
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Mansura, also known as Brahmanabad, was the capital of the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates in Sindh from the 8th to 10th centuries.
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The Square Tower at Larkana, located in the Sindh province of Pakistan, is an important historical site that dates back to the pre-Islamic period.
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The archaeological site, located in Larkana District, Sindh, dates to the Proto-Historic period, approximately between 3500 BCE and 1800 BCE.
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Bhaleel Shah Thul, located in the Dadu district of Sindh, Pakistan, is an important historical and archaeological site.
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Veer Thari is a large archaeological site near Seerani in Badin, divided into two mounds— Mound-I and Mound-II—dating from the 7th to 12th century AD.
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Thul Peer is a mysterious cylindrical structure in Piryaloi village, Khairpur, built with large burnt bricks and mud mortar.
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Maroo Thul is a 2nd-7th century AD Buddhist monument located 6 km northeast of Faridabad, Sindh.
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The Naig Stupa, situated in the scenic Naig Valley of Jamshoro District, Sindh, is an important Buddhist archaeological site.
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The stupa of Village Thull, about 15 km southwest of Johi, stands on a hill one kilometer west of the village.
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The Gaj Valley, located in the Jamshoro District of Sindh, is a historically rich but largely neglected Buddhist archaeological site.
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The Shah Abdul Latif University Museum in Khairpur, Sindh, preserves a wide range of artifacts from the Indus Valley, Buddhist, Hindu, and Islamic periods.
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The archaeological site of Qasim Keerio / Gujrri in Nawabshah (Shaheed Benazirabad) has been identified as belonging to the Hindu-Buddhist period, dating from the 1st century BCE to the 5th century CE.
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The Nali Valley in Dadu District, Sindh, is confirmed as a Buddhist site due to its extensive rock art depicting stupas and viharas, carved into rock walls, caves, and shelters.
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In the midst of the ruins of the old town of Khudabad stands the great massive Kalhora period (18th Century CE) Jamia Masjid.
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It is located Khudabad, district Dadu.
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This is the Kalhora Period tomb of Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro and his nephew Mian Fazal-e-Ali son of Sarfaraz Khan Abbasi Kalhoro.
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There are three graves inside the Kalhora Period tomb of Ghulam Nabi Kalhoro of which one is that of Ghulam Nabi and the remaining two are that of his children.
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This is a very plain building with no architectural importance.
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The crest of the fortification wall of Talpur period is decorated with ornamental Kanguras or merlons of very curious shape.
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This is a complex of five spacious chambers located on the east of the Harem of the Talpur Mirs in Pucca Fort of Talpur period.
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This simple but impressive building inside the Pucca Fort of Talpur period, was built in 1784 during the reign of Mir Fateh Ali Talpur, it consists of a rectangular room with verandah facing south.
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The tombs of Talpur Mirs have been built during the British conquest.
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It was constructed in 1906 with a spacious hall for public meetings and additional rooms.
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This Kalhora period (18th Century CE) mausoleum, said to have been erected by Ghulam Shah Kalhoro in 1774 CE in memory of Shah Baharo, a military commander under Nur Mohammad Kalhora who had died in 1735 CE.
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This tomb is located in Mian Noor Muhammad Kalhora graveyard, Nawab Shah.
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This is a Kalhoro period (18th Century CE) graveyard containing many tombs and graves including the tombs of Abdullah Shah Syed constructed with stones.
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This beautiful building was constructed by Om Kanhiya Lal in 1934 and vacated this building in 1947 at the time of migration to India.
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The most outstanding monument built at Sukkur during the Mughal period, is the high minaret of Mir Masum.
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This mosque is situated in the outskirt of Thatta city, this old brick mosque is also known as Amir Khusro Khan`s Mosque after the name of its builder, Amir Khusro Khan Charkas.
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Bambhore is situated on the northern bank of the Gharo Creek.
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It is located in the Makli necropolis of Thatta.
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It is located inside the Makli Hill necropolis near the tomb of Jam Nizamuddin.The tomb of Jam Nizam-ud-Din Nindo is an impressive stone structure with fine ornamental carving similar to the 15th-century Gujrat style.
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It is located inside the Makli Hills necropolis of Thatta, to the south of Jani Beg Tarkhan and to the north of Baqi Beg Uzbek tomb enclosures.
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This is an octagonal tomb inhabiting the cenotaphs of Mirza Jani Beg and Mirza Ghazi Beg, which stand on a high platform built with dressed stone masonry.
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Sonda was founded by the Samma ruler Jam Tamachi in the 3rd quarter of the fourteenth century and was revered by the Muslims of the area due to the noble family of saints, the Makhdums.
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This mosque was built by the Mirs of Talpur dynasty.
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The Amri remains belong to the Chalcolithic period.
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The graveyard is spread over an extensive area and contains tombs of certain warriors and other notables who had settled in this area somewhere during 16th and 17th centuries.
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It is a small irregular shaped island between the towns of Sukkar and Rohri.
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A settlement site contains remains of Bronze Age.
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About 7 km north-west of Nagarparkar and close to the foot of rocky hills which encircles the Parkar peninsula for 40 km in circumference is a small 3 domed mosque known as Bhudesar Mosque which was built by Alauddin in CE 1449 under the order of Muhammad Shah.
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This is Soomra dynasty period temple, it stands within a 01 m high compound wall of rubble masonry of local granite stone with entrance from east.
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The temple is situated 23 km north-west of Virawah and closely resembles the temples at Bodhesar.
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It is an immense mound of earth measuring roughly 370 x 730 m with surviving height of about 18 m.
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This is a conical shaped mound some 30 m high.
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