Heritage record
Makli Hill Graveyard
SindhTombWorld Heritage propertyProtected
Makli necropolis is dating back to 14th century. The monuments and mausoleums of Makli are built from high quality stone, bricks and glazed tiles representing different local dynasties of Sindh. Here the tombs of famous saints and local rulers including Jam Nizamuddin II portraying Hindu, Mughal and Islamic architecture. It has witnessed the successive rise and fall of various ruling dynasties during the four hundred years of its chequered history during the Samma Rajputs (1340-1520 CE), the Arghuns (1520 to 1555 C), the Tarkhan (1555-1592 CE) and the Mughal emperors of Delhi (1591-1739 CE).
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 5527
- Province / territory
- Sindh
- District
- Thatta
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Tomb
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- World Heritage
- Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta
- Coordinates
- 24.76667, 67.90000 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Jansen, Michael, Yasmeen Lari. (2015). Inventory of Cultural Property in the Province of Sindh, Pakistan, 2015. Government of Sindh, Vol 4.
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