Where Is The Indus Valley

A Complete Guide to Pakistan's World Heritage Sites That are Safe to Visit

A Complete Guide to Pakistan’s World Heritage Sites That are Safe to Visit

by Agha Iqrar Haroon (former Consultant Ministry of Tourism Government of Pakistan)

Pakistan has inherited a wide array of heritage sites, six of which have been inscribed on the list of “World Heritage Sites,” while a new tentative list has been prepared and submitted to the World Heritage Centre for approval. This article is a comprehensive guide to sites that are easy to visit, where there is no law and order problem for anybody. The list of all sites that are currently in troubled areas has not been added.

Moenjodaro

The ruins of an immense city, Moenjodaro, which flourished in the valley of the Indus in the 3rd millennium B.C. were inscribed in the World Heritage List in 1980. The remains of the city are situated on the western bank of River Indus, about 12 kilometres from Moenjodaro railway station, in Larkana District of Sind.

The well-planned city, built mostly in baked brick buildings, having public baths, and a college of priests, elaborate drainage system, soak pits for disposal of sewerage and large state granary, bears testimony that it was a metropolis of great importance, with approximately forty thousand inhabitants, enjoying a well-organized civic, economic, social and cultural life.

Excavations comprising figures of animals like rhinoceros, tigers and elephants on seals recovered from the site, and the brick-lined street drains, suggest that the region enjoyed heavier rainfall at that time than at present. Wheat, barely, sesame, field peas, dates and cotton appear to have been the main crops. Discovery of precious stones and other metallic objects, not normally found in this region, indicate trade with foreign countries.

At Moenjodaro (Mound of dead) in the west-bank of the Indus in Sindh have been found the remains of one of the earliest and a most developed urban civilisations of the ancient world. Discovered in 1922 Moenjodaro once metropolis of great importance forming part of the Indus Valley Civilisation. Moenjodaro 4,000 years old brick ruins of the Indus Valley Civilisation city of Moejodaro.

The Indus Valley Civilisation flourished from 3,000 to 15,00 BC, making it contemporary with the ancient civilisation of Egypt and Mesopotamia. At its height, it comprised atleast 400 cities and towns along the Indus and its tributaries, covering most of the present-day Pakistan and stretching north-west as far as modern Kabul and east as far as modern Delhi. The water ways were the main highways connecting the empire, and flat bottomed barges almost identical to those still use today plied the rivers from city to city. Few of the cities have been excavated.

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A Complete Guide to Pakistan's World Heritage Sites That are Safe to Visit
A Complete Guide to Pakistan's World Heritage Sites That are Safe to Visit

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Footprints in history: Karachi freelance designer's work among top 28 in the world

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The Indus Valley

The Indus Valley

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The Indus Valley

The Indus Valley

Presents the history of the Indus River Valley by examining the archaeological excavations of its historical sites and the artifacts found at those sites.

The ancient Indus Valley, new perspectives

The ancient Indus Valley, new perspectives

This work is a revealing study of the enigmatic Indus civilization and how a rich repertoire of archaeological tools is being used to probe its puzzles.

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The Indus Valley civilisation

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