Pakistan Famous For Its Amazing World Heritage Sites

Pakistan famous for its amazing world heritage sites

Pakistan is famous for its amazing world heritage sites declared by the United Nations, Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), which is promoting different well known sites for the education, scientific and cultural purposes.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th Aug, 2018 ) :Pakistan is famous for its amazing world heritage sites declared by the United Nations, Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), which is promoting different well known sites for the education, scientific and cultural purposes.

The world heritage sites of Pakistan include Moenjodaro, Taxila, Rohtas Fort District Jhelum, Fort and Shalimar Garden Lahore, Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta and Takht-e-Bahi, Mardan, said an official of Directorate of Archeology and Museum (DAM) here on Thursday.

He said that archeological ruins of Mohenjo-Daro stands among the ancient civilizations of the world. This city regarded as the city from the 3rd millennium BC and is entirely made with unbaked bricks and mud. "Buddhist ruins of Takht-e-Bahi were founded in the early first century that is also known as the Throne of origins. Another nearby site is the Sahr-i-Bahlol which are ruins of a city" he added.

The DAM official said that Lahore Fort and Shalimar Gardens in Lahore are the third world heritage sites, which are very famous tourists attraction of the city. Both of them are spectacular sites which are well preserved and remain on extreme boom of beauty.

"Historical monuments at Makli, Thatta is the 4th World Heritage site of Pakistan which attracts a large number of tourists from across the world" he informed.

He said that Rohtas Fort is a very famous world heritage site of Pakistan near Jhelum. It was constructed by Sher Shah Suri.

He said that Taxila is also one of the World heritage sites of Pakistan which shows the ancient stages of Indus city developments and was influenced by Persia, Greece and Central Asia.

Around 26 Heritage sites are also on the tentative list of UNESCO including Badshahi Mosque,Wazir Khan's Mosque, Rani Kot Fort, Rehman Dheri, Mansehra Rock edicts, Baltit Fort, Port of Banbhore, Shahbazgarhi Rock edicts, Derawar and the desert forts of Cholistan, Archeological sites of Harappa, Ranigat, Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam, Nagarparker Cultural landscape, Deosai National Park, Ziarat Juniper forest, Karez System Cultural landscape, The salt range and Khewra salt mine, Hiran Minar, Shah Jahan Mosque Thatta, Mehrgarh Archeological site, tomb of Jahangir and Chaukhandi tomb.