Makli Graveyard

Saba Ghani

2 years of guide experience in Pakistan.

From 14th to 18th century Thatta was festooned. It is at a distance of 6 kilometers from the town Thatta located on a plateau. Until the 17th century, it was the capital of lower Sindh. It lies close to the top of the Indus River Delta in the south east of Sindh, about 98 kilometers east of Karachi. The southern part of the area is about 5 miles north of the disintegration of the middle age Kalan kot Fort. The name of the site and the hills around are said to be derived from fable in which a person who was set to perform Hajj stopped at the following site and indulged himself into divine worship, and avowed the place as Makkah for himself. After hearing the worshipper's story, Sufi philanthropist Sheikh Hamad Jamali named the area "Makli," or "Little Makkah." It preoccupies 10 square kilometers, covering a minimum of 500,000 sepulchers. It is extended from the southern end of Mako Hill from Pir Patho and unceremoniously diamond-shaped northwards.

The eastern border of it lies around the Makli Hills. At the south edge region of the site, are situated the most remarkable monuments, whereas the Samma Tombs are established near the north side. In the fashion of Lower Sindh, known as the Chaukandi Style, derived from the Chaukandi Tombs near Karachi, the funerary architecture of the most remarkable monuments are a mix of Muslim, Hindu, Persian, Mughal and Gujarati cultures. Stonemasons carefully carved extremely detailed designs into sandstone slabs, which had become famous as the Chaukhandi style.

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