Heritage record
Pucca Fort Boundary Wall
SindhFortProtected
The crest of the fortification wall of Talpur period is decorated with ornamental Kanguras or merlons of very curious shape. In one corner of the Fort, there is a memorial to the native of soldiers who had bravely faced the British attack on the fort in 1843 CE. The monument belongs to Kalhora/Talpur period of Historic Sindh.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 5712
- Province / territory
- Sindh
- District
- Hyderabad
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Fort
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992) (instrument: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992))
- Coordinates
- 25.38632, 68.37356 — 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 1.
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