Makli Necropolis
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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,
Makli Necropolis features several clusters of elaborate funerary monuments dating between the 14th and 18th centuries.
Nizam al-Din Tomb, Makli Hill, Sindh.
Details on a wall in Makli
Many of the tombs feature carved decorative motifs.
Chaukhandi tombs
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The Chaukhandi tombs form an early Islamic cemetery situated in the eastern part of Karachi, Sindh province of Pakistan. The tombs are notable for their elaborate sandstone carvings. The tombs are sim
Makli Necropolis
…synthesizes Muslim, Hindu, Persian, Mughal, and Gujarati influences, in the style of Lower Sindh that became known as the Chaukhandi style, named after the Chaukhandi tombs near Karachi. The Chaukhandi style came to incorporate slabs of sandstone that were carefully carved by stonemasons into intricate and elaborate designs…
Chaukhandi Necropolis
Tombs are intricately carved
Detailed stone carving at tombs of Chaukhandi
One of the mausoleums