WEEKEND DAY TRIP MAKLI – THATTA – BHAMBORE

Makli Necropolis is one of the largest funerary sites in the world, spread over an area of 10 kilometres near the city of Thatta, in the Pakistani province of Sindh. The site houses approximately 500,000 to 1 million tombs built over the course of a 400 – year period. Makli Necropolis features several large funerary monuments belonging to royalty, various Sufi saints, and esteemed scholars. The site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981 as an “outstanding testament” to
Sindhi civilization between the 14th and 18th centuries.

Thatta Uris a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh. Thatta was the medieval capital of Sindh, and served as the seat of power for three successive dynasties. Thatta’s historic significance has yielded several monuments in and around the city. Thatta’s Makli Necropolis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is site of one of the world’s largest cemeteries and has numerous monumental tombs built between the 14th and 18th centuries designed in a syncretic funerary style characteristic of lower Sindh. The city’s 17th century Shah Jahan Mosque is richly embellished with decorative tiles, and is considered to have the most elaborate display of tile work in the South Asia.

Bhambhore is a city dating to the 1st century BCE located in modern-day Sindh, Pakistan. The city ruins lie on the N – 5 National Highway, east of Karachi. It dates back to the Scytho – Parthian era and was later controlled by Muslims from the 8th to the 13th century, after which it was abandoned. Remains of one of the earliest known mosques in the region dating back to 727 AD are still preserved in the city. [3][4][5] In 2004, Department of Archaeology and Museums Pakistan submitted the site for UNESCO World Heritage Sites.