Makli Thata Road Trip August 2016

[Jshak]

Tripe to Makli, Sindh from Karachi
Time Duration :
2 h 20 min (99.5 km)
via Shahrah-e-Faisal and N-5/AH2 ( airport via malir halt, Pakistan steel mill ) Via Quaidabad

On way you will see
- Dhabeji
- Gharo
-Gujjo


Sketch plan of the necropolis as stated by information point
The site covers Makli Hill, one of the largest necropolises in the world. Among the notable monuments are:
- tomb of Jam Nizamuddin
- tomb of Isa Khan Tarkhan the Younger
- tomb of Jan Baba
- tomb of Diwan Shurfa Khan

Makli Hill is one of the largest necropolises in the world, with a diameter of approximately 8 km. It lies approximately 98 km east of Karachi and is the burial place of some 125,000 local rulers, Sufi saints and others. Makli is on the outskirts of Thatta, the capital of lower Sindh until the 17th century, in what is the southeastern province of present-day Pakistan.[1] It was added to the World Heritage List in 1981[2] under the name Historical Monuments of Thatta.

Tomb of Abdullah Shah Ashabi, Makli can be also seen

Also Sunway lagoon water park is on the same road

Map : https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kar...1a4cd086ece89c!2m2!1d67.895728!2d24.74239!5i1

A few random images for referrences

Dhabeji

Makli

My more images can be found here
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[mac007]

[MENTION=2126]Jshak[/MENTION] bhai u went there or planing to go later this month??

 

[Jshak]

I am going again on third week of August again. Left some exploration

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[ahmedbatty]

oh man
brings back memories of when we used to live in Badin Cantt and our regular trips between Karachi and Badin

 

[Farrukhkazimi]

Went there in my childhood. Old memories. We went to Bhanbore as well. Loved the Archaeological records. A must go place for all the historians.

 

[Reload]

Old memories from a trip with university fellows ..

 

[nazia]

Attractive village atmosphere.