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| | | | Desert: Must See no.3: Cholistan Dessert | | | | | |
| | | | Desert: A Tradition & culture that lives in the sands... | | | | | |
1:Cholistan is in tact the biggest desert in Pakistan covering an area of 26.000 Sq.-Km. Its dunes as the name Cholistan signifies (Cholistan -derived from Cholna or walking) as they go on shifting with the tune of time and meteorology. The fascinating barren landscapes of the Cholistan desert covers 26.000 sq. km and extends into the Thar Desert in India. The whole area was once well watered by the river Ghaggar now called the Hakra in Pakistan and known in Vedic times as the Sarasvati. All along the 500-km of dried up river are over 400 archaeological sites, which date back to the Indus civilization 4500 years ago and are clustered around Derawar Fort. The only perennial water hole in the desert. The desert has an average rainfall of 5 inches a year and there is very little cultivation. 2: The origin of the Thar desert is a controversial subject. Some consider it to be only 4000 to 10,000 years old, whereas others state that aridity started in this region much earlier. Also known as The Great Indian Desert, it is spread over four states in India, namely Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Gujarat, and two states in Pakistan and covers an area of about 4,46,000 square kilometres. Thar Desert, the huge unending expanse of burning hot sand is spread over four states in India, namely Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Gujarat, and two states in Pakistan covering an area of about 446,000 square kilometres. Deriving its name from 'thul' denoting the sand ridges of the region, Thar stands divided between Sindh region in Pakistan and Rajasthan in India Leave a Comment
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| | | | Desert: Makli Hills...World's largest Neropolis | | | | | |
Makli Hills, or little Mecca is reputedly the largest neropolis in the world. With a million graves, tombs & mausoleums, it is an impressive & eerie place. For over ten centuries, the Sindhi People have held Makli sacred, & a spiritual atmosphere persists to this day. Atmosphere apart , Makli gives some idea of the self-importance & staggering wealth of the elite of nearby Thatta, capital of Lower Sindh(province) from the 14th to17th century, & a prosperous port & a great centre of Islamic learning. The larger tombgs belong to to royalty & militry commanders, Saints & Scholars, Philosophers & Poets, & were probably built to their occupants' own desings.The hill is long & low stretching for about five miles north to south & crossed in the middle by National Highway. The grave-stones and mausoleums at Makli are masterpieced in stone-carving and netted stone work, representing different eras and dynasties, distinguishable by the styles of their ornamentation, the mountains cover the Summa period (14th to 16th centuries). The Tarkhan & Arghun period (16th century). and the Moghal period (16 to 18th centures).Here in eternal sleep lie kings and queens saints and scholars philosophers and soldiers of a by-gone era-an-era renowned for its culture and learning. Leave a Comment
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