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Shrine Hazrat Shah Rukn-e-Alam
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Shrine Hazrat Shah Rukn-e-Alam
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The tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam was built between 1320 and 1324, is an unmatched
pre-Moghul masterpiece. The Mausoleum of Rukn-i-Alam could possibly be
considered as the glory of Multan.
From whichever side the city is approached, the most prominent thing that can be
seen from miles all around is a huge dome. This dome is the Shrine of the saint.
Besides its religious importance, the mausoleum is also of considerable
archaeological value as its dome is reputed to be the second largest in the world.
The mausoleum is built entirely of red brick, bounded with beams of shisham wood,
which have now turned black after so many centuries. The whole of the exterior is
elaborately ornamented with glazed tile panels, string-courses and battlements.
Colors used are dark blue, azure, and white, contrasted with the deep red of the
finely polished bricks.
The mausoleum of Rukn-e-Alam has been admired by not only the travelers and
chroniclers but also by the art-historians and archaeologist who wrote the
architectural history of the subcontinent.
In the 1970s the mausoleum was thoroughly repaired and renovated by the Auqaf
Department of the Punjab Government. The entire glittering glazed interior is the
result of new tiles and brickwork done by the Kashigars of Multan[1].
The mysterious Indus Valley
The mysterious Indus Valley
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The greater Indus region was home to the
largest of the four ancient urban civilizations
of Egypt, Mesopotamia, South Asia and
China. It was not discovered until the
1920's. Most of its ruins, even its major
cities, remain to be excavated. The ancient
Indus Civilization script has not been
deciphered.
Many questions about the Indus people who
created this highly complex culture remain
unanswered, but other aspects of their
society can be answered through various
types of archaeological studies.
Harappa was a city in the Indus civilization
that flourished around 2600 to 1700 BCE in
the western part of South Asia
Janam Asthan Nankana Sahib
Janam Asthan Nankana Sahib
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Nankana Sahib is named after Guru Nanak
(1469-1539), the founder of the Sikh Faith. Guru
Nanak was born here on Baisakh sudi 3, 1526 Bk/
15 April 1469. Nankana town is part of Nankana
Sahib District in the Punjab province, adjacent to
Sheikhupura district. The specialty of this shrine is
that within its walls are numerous other shrines
commemorating other aspects of the Nanak’s life
The Shandur Pass in Chitral Valley
The Shandur Pass in Chitral Valley
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Shandur Top (el. 12,200 feet (3,700 m)) is a high mountain pass
that connects Chitral to the Gilgit in Pakistan. At Shandur, the
highest polo ground in the world, a form of polo with little rules and
referee, known as free-style polo is played. The roads to Shandur
are mostly unpaved. 4X4 are best suited for travel. There are no
hotels at Shandur. Visitors must bring their own tents. Nights can be
very cold; snow can be seen on the mountains even in July. Water
from the melting glaciers irrigates the greenery in the area.
Everyone entering Shandur is advised to bring warm clothes and
sleeping bags
The Shandur Pass is regarded as being 'half-way to Heaven',
although long gone are the days in which this could refer to
Heaven, as in the sense of gods caring for polo, or Hell as in the
conquered soldiers who had to march through it.
The Mazar of Bibi Jawindi in Uch
Sharif
The Mazar of Bibi Jawindi in Uch
Sharif
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Uch or Uch Sharif is located in Punjab, Pakistan. Uch is also known as "Alexandria
at the Head of the Punjab", is a historical city in Pakistan. Once it was an important
city of ancient India. It is believed that in 325 BC Alexander the Great founded a city
called Alexandria at the site of the last confluence of Punjab rivers with the Indus
river.
The website of the Embassy of Pakistan, however, describes Uch as follows: " Uch
Sharif, 75 km from Bahawalpur, is a very old town. It is believed that it was founded
in 500 BC. Some historians believe that Uch was there even before the advent of
Bikramjit when Jains and Buddhists ruled over the area. At the time of invasion by
Alexander the Great, Uch was under Hindu rule." Some historians believe that
Mithankot or Chacharan Sharif was the settlement of Alexandria founded by
Alexander the Great.
Muhammad bin Qasim conquered the city and during the Muslim period Uch was
one of the centers of Islamic studies of South Asia. There are several tombs of
famous mystics (Sufis) in Uch, notably the tombs of Syed Jalaluddin Bukhari and his
family. These structures were joined by a series of domed tombs; the first is said to
have been built for Baha’ al-Halim by his pupil, the Suharwardiya Sufi saint
Jahaniyan Jahangasht (1307-1383 AD), the second for the latter’s great grant
daughter, Bibi Jawindi, in CE 1494 and the third for the latter’s architect
Lahore Fort
Lahore Fort
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Lahore Fort is located at an eminence in the northwest corner
of the Walled City. The citadel is spread over approximately
50 acres and is trapezoidal in form. Although the origin
of this fort goes deep into antiquity, the present
fortifications were begun by Mughal Emperor Jalaluddin
Muhammad Akbar. There is evidence that a mud fort
was in existence here in 1021, when Mahmud of Ghazni
invaded this area. Akbar demolished the old mud fort
and constructed most of the modern fort on the old
foundations. The fort's mud construction dates back to
the early Hindu period
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The citadel is divided into different sections, each creating its own world within its
quadrangle, but they are all interconnected for ease of administration of the fort.
Some of these are :
Maidan Diwan-e-Aam (Garden of Public Audience)
Diwan-e-Aam
Daulat Khana-e-Khass-o-Aam
Makatib Khana
Haveli of Mai Jindan
Jahangir's Quadrangle
Haveli of Kharak Singh,
Mashriqi and Maghribi Iwans (East and West Chambers),
Mashriqi and Maghribi Suites
Khwabgah-e-Kalan (Bari Khwabgah)
Bangla Pavilion
Zenana Hammam
Shah Jahan's Quadrangle,
Diwan-e-Khass
Badshahi Mosque
Badshahi Mosque
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The Badshahi Mosque (Urdu: ‫ )بادشاھی مسجد‬or the 'Emperor's
Mosque' in Lahore is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and
South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world. Epitomising
the beauty, passion and grandeur of the Mughal era, it is Lahore's
most famous landmark and a major tourist attraction.
Capable of accommodating 10,000 worshippers in its main prayer
hall and a further 100,000 in its courtyard and porticoes, it remained
the largest mosque in the world from 1673 to 1986 (a period of 313
years), when overtaken in size by the completion of the Faisal
Mosque in Islamabad. Today, it remains the second largest mosque
in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world
after the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca, the Al-Masjid
al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina, the Hassan II Mosque in
Casablanca and the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad.
Gandharan in Takshashila
Gandharan in Takshashila
Gandharan in Takshashila
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Takshasila was an ancient city mentioned in the epic Ramayana, now
known as Taxila in Pakistan. As per the epic this city was named after
Taksha the son of Bharata the brother of Raghava Rama (who was the
king of Kosala). Bharata defeated the Gandharas and built the city of
Takshasila in Gandhara. In Mahabharata, this city is mentioned as a city
defeated by Kuru king Janamejaya
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Emperor Janamejaya was the son of Maharaja Parikshit and greatgrandson of Arjuna the valiant warrior hero of the Mahābhārata epic. He
took up the Kuru throne following the death of his father...
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. It was the city where the Naga Takshaka, the enemy of Janamejaya lived.
Here Janamejaya conducted a massacre of Nagas which he called the
Sarpasatra. This city in modern times, is known as Taxila, in Pakistan
Gandharan in Takshashila
Makli Necropolis
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One of the largest necropolises in the world, with a diameter
of approximately 8 kilometers, Makli Hill is supposed to be
the burial place of some 125,000 Sufi saints. It is located on
the outskirts of Thatta, the capital of lower Sind until the
seventeenth century, in what is the southeastern province of
present-day Pakistan. [1]
Legends abound about its inception, but it is generally
believed that the cemetery grew around the shrine of the
fourteenth-century Sufi, Hamad Jamali. The tombs and
gravestones spread over the cemetery are material
documents marking the social and political history of Sind
Makli Necropolis
Makli Necropolis
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Imperial mausoleums are divided into two major groups, those from
the Samma (1352–1520) and Tarkhan (1556–1592) periods. The
tomb of the Samma king, Jam Nizamuddin II (reigned 1461–1509),
is an impressive square structure built of sandstone and decorated
with floral and geometric medallions. Similar to this is the
mausoleum of Isa Khan Tarkhan II (d. 1651), a two-story stone
building with majestic cupolas and balconies. In contrast to the
syncretic architecture of these two monuments, which integrate
Hindu and Islamic motifs, are mausoleums that clearly show the
Central Asian roots of the later dynasty. An example is the tomb of
Jan Beg Tarkhan (d. 1600), a typical octagonal brick structure
whose dome is covered in blue and turquoise glazed tiles. Today,
Makli Hill is a United Nations World Heritage Site that is visited by
both pilgrims and tourists.
Makli Necropolis
Faisal Mosque
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The Faisal Mosque in Islamabad is the largest
mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the sixth
largest mosque in the world. It was the largest
mosque in the world from 1986 to 1993 when
overtaken in size by the completion of the Hassan
II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. Subsequent
expansions of the Masjid al-Haram (Grand
Mosque) of Mecca and the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi
(Prophet's Mosque) in Medina, Saudi Arabia
during the 1990s relegated Faisal Mosque to
fourth place in terms of size.
Faisal Mosque
Karakoram Highway
Karakoram Highway
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The Karakoram Highway (KKH) is the highest paved
international road in the world. It connects China and
Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range, through the
Khunjerab Pass, at an altitude of 4,693 m/15,397 ft as
confirmed by both SRTM and multiple GPS readings. It
connects China's Xinjiang region with Pakistan's GilgitBaltistan and also serves as a popular tourist attraction. It is
now part of the route officially known as as N-35 within
Pakistan. Due to its high elevation and the difficult conditions
in which it was constructed, it is also referred to as the "Ninth
Wonder of the World
Karakoram Highway
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