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Hairo Khan Thul

SindhTowerProtected
Hairo Khan Thul is located about 24 km north-west of Johi town and about 01 km west of village Hairo Khan, it can be accessed from Johi via Hairo Khan link road towards Hairo Khan Thul. The Hairo Khan Thul/Stupa is located in village Hairo Khan in Taluka Johi District Dadu. The Thul is rectangular in shape. It is 73.9 m high from the ground level. Its width is 70.1 m at the base and it is narrow at the top. The Thul is built with mud bricks and baked bricks, cheroli and mud mortar is used as a binding material and cheroli is also used as a plaster in interior tunnel arch. On the southern and northern side of the Thul (at ground level), there are arched/curved openings/tunnels on both sides. The height of the arch is 1.5 m and width are 1 m. A stairway leads to the top of the stupa on the northern side. On the top of the stupa, there is evidence of a round shaped structure built with wedge shaped burnt bricks (Buddhist period).
Record ID
10058
Province / territory
Sindh
District
Dadu
Typology
Monument
Subtype
Tower
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
26.83011, 67.46866 — source-provided, not field-verified
Verification status
source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
Sources
Shiekh, Nilofer. (2021). Documentation of the Heritage Sites and Monuments of Sindh. Endowment Fund Trust for Preservation of the Heritage of Sindh.

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