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 Uch
or Uch Sharif is
located in Punjab,
Pakistan. Uch is
also known as
"Alexandria at the
Head of the Punjab",
is a historical city
in Pakistan. Once it
was an important
city of ancient
India. It is
believed that in 325
BCE Alexander the
Great founded a city
called Alexandria at
the site of the last
confluence of Punjab
rivers with the
Indus river.
The website of the
Embassy of Pakistan,
Washington, D.C,
however, describes
Uch as follws: " Uch
Sharif, 75 km from
Bahawalpur, is a
very old town. It is
believed that it was
founded in 500 BCE.
Some historians
believe that Uch was
there even before
the advent of
Bikramjit when Jains
and Buddhists ruled
over the area. At
the time of invasion
by Alexander the
Great, Uch was under
Hindu rule." Some
historians believe
that Mithankot or
Chacharan Sharif was
the settlement of
Alexandria founded
by Alexander the
Great.
Muhammad bin Qasim
conquered the city
and during the
Muslim period Uch
was one of the
centers of Islamic
studies of South
Asia. There are
several tombs of
famous mystics
(Sufis) in Uch,
notably the tombs of
Syed Jalaluddin
Bukhari and his
family. |
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