Harappa
A city of good
summer/winter
sunshine. A lovely
place to visit in
winters. An
international level
and free sports
facility and
library. A safari
park and loads of
rustic life on show.
This city also
offers a Zoo which
is one of its kind.
it has a big
population of lions,
including Bengal
tigers.
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Moenjodaro
The Cholistan, or
Rohi, Desert in
Punjab is the
largest desert on
the Indian
continent. The
desert is over
10,000 square miles.
Located 20 miles
from Bahawalpur, The
Hakra River dried up
here, and with it
most life. The 2.5
million people who
live here are nomads
who lead a simple
life herding and
trading in camels.
Their culture is
strong with many
romantic legends
dating back to
ancient times and
they place great
value in the power
of song. The desert
festivals are simply
out of this world,
you may see camels
dancing (except
those with two left
humps) who are even
better dressed in
dazzling costumes
than their owners.
The people of
Cholistan wear
embroidered and
print colored
shirts, skirts and
robe coats. During
the wet season, the
nomads built shallow
reservoirs to catch
rainwater to survive
long spells away
from their villages.
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Taxila
Dera Ghazi Khan
the Royal City of
Balochistan until
anglo time of 1857.
But later British
Empire seprated it
from Balochistan and
it formed the as
Division of Punjab
Province in recent
Pakistan. D.G.Khan
Was founded by Ghazi
Khan in 1494 A.D.
Dera Ghazi Khan
always remained the
cetre of Balochi
Culture and
civilization. It
forms three major
areas in its depth
and they are Tribal
Areas , semi Tribal
Areas and Nun Tribal
Areas.
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Butkara Stupa
The Butkara Stupa
is an important
Buddhist shrine in
the area of Swat,
Pakistan. It may
have been originally
built by the Mauryan
emperor Ashoka, but
it is generally
dated slightly later
to the 2nd century
BCE.
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Dir
Upper Dir is an
area in the
North-West Frontier
Province of
Pakistan. Dir is
administratively
subdivided into
Upper Dir and Lower
Dir districts. Dir
district is 5,280
square kilometres in
area and part of the
Malakand division,
lying along the
Afghanistan border
between Chitral and
Peshawar. Almost all
of it lies in the
valley of the
Panjkora which rises
high in the Hindu
Kush at Lat. 35.45
and joins the Swat
River near Chakdara,
where the district
is usually entered,
at Lat. 34.40. Apart
from the tehsils of
Adenzai round
Chakdara and Munda
in the south-west,
Dir is rugged and
mountainous with
peaks rising to
16,000 feet in the
north-east and to
10,000 ft.
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Kot Diji
The ancient site
at Kot Diji was the
forerunner of the
Indus Civilization.
The people of this
site lived about
3000 BC. The remains
consist of two
parts; the citadel
area on high ground,
and outer area.
Located about 22
kilometres south of
Khairpur in the
province of Sindh,
Pakistan. The site
is situated at the
foot of the hills
where a fort was
built by Talpur
ruler Mir Suhrab
(1803-30). This fort
built on the ridge
of a steep narrow
hill is well
preserved.
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Mehrgarh
Mehrgarh was an
ancient settlement
in South Asia and is
one of the most
important sites in
archaeology for the
study of the
earliest neolithic
settlements in that
region. The remains
are located in
Balochistan,
Pakistan, on the
Kachi plain near the
Bolan Pass, to the
west of the Indus
River valley and
between the
present-day cities
of Quetta, Kalat and
Sibi.
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Uch Sharif
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.
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