Pakistan's Historic and Rich Architecture.

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Sateen Jo Aastan, Sukkur Sindh

Qasim fort, Karachi

The Qasim Fort is a small fort constructed in the 18th century by the Talpur dynasty when the port of Karachi traded with Oman and Bahrain.
The fort was stormed by the British in 1839 because of the strategic location of Karachi.

 

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Grand Trunk Road

The Grand Trunk Road is one of South Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For several centuries, it has linked the eastern and western regions of the Indian subcontinent, running from Chittagong, Bangladesh through to Howrah, West Bengal in India, across north India into Peshawar (in present day Pakistan), up to Kabul, Afghanistan. Its former names include Uttarapatha ("the road to north"), Shah Rah-e-Azam ("great road") or Sadak-e-Azam or Badshahi Sadak.

The route spanning the GT road existed during the Mauryan Empire, extending from the mouth of the Ganges to the north-western frontier of the Empire.[1] The modern road was built by Sher Shah Suri, who renovated and extended the ancient route in the 16th century

Attock City (Campbellpur) and Mughal caravan sarai on the famous Grand Trunk road

Ancient Grand Trunk Road

Serai Kharbooza, Islamabad

Serai or travellers inn constructed by Sher Shah Suri on the Grand Trunk Road connecting Kabul with Calcutta now lie in ruins in Islamabad. Such public works were the hallmark of Sher Sha Suri's reign where travellers inn with all the necessary facilities were constructed along the GT road to provide rest and recreation facilities to travellers.

 

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lahore

 

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lahore fort

 

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chitral fort

 

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bala hisar fort, peshawar

 

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baghsar fort, azad kashmir

Ramkot fort, azad kashmir

Located on the summit of a hill, Ramkot Fort is built over the site of an old Hindu Shiva temple. three sides of this hill top are surrounded by the River Jhelum. During excavations relics of the 5th - 9th century AD have been discovered near one of the temples. In the 16th - 17th century AD the Muslim rulers of Kashmir in safe guarding their boundaries built numerous forts. Ramkot, sitting atop at the confluence of the river Jhelum is one of them. The Sikh Maharaja of Kashmir further fortified Ramkot.

 

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Umerkot fort, sindh

A tomb inside Umerkot fort. This fort was built in the eleventh century during Sumra dynasty. It has remained under the control of Rajputs, Mughals, Kalhoras, Talpurs and the British. It was the birthplace of a famous and most controversial Mughal ruler, Akbar on 14 October 1542

 

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Gilgit: Kargah Buddha (maybe bodhisattva Maitreya , 8th century?)
Pakistan, Northern Areas

Shatial, Karakoram Highway: Buddhist petroglyphs near road: Sibi-Jataka (body offering: rescue of dove by boddhisattva’s offering of his own flesh to the falcon), stupa, inscriptions in Sogdian, Brahmi, Karoshti; after 4th century CE.
Pakistan, Northern Areas

Raja palace (Raja Mahal) of the former ruler of Khaplu (Khapulu), east of Skardu, Baltistan.
Built ca. 1850 after the Dogra invasion, currently under historical restoration, supported by the Aga Khan Cultural Services.
archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=9902
Pakistan, Northern Areas

Shigar Fort: Khlin Grong Khanqar mosque, restored by Aga Khan Cultural Services.
archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=11462
Shigar, Baltistan.
Pakistan, Northern Areas

Khanhqa Muallah mosque in Shigar village, Baltistan. Area for sacrificial animals.
Pakistan, Northern Areas

Shigar Fort, Skardu - Pakistan

 

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shigar fort

Shigar Fort, the former Raja's palace (Fongkar, 17th century), recently historically restored and converted to the Shigar Fort Residence Hotel & Museum, with support of the Aga Khan Cultural Services.
archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=9903
Baltistan.
Pakistan, Northern Areas

 

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Kot Digi fort

ranikot fort

 

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Ranikot Fort

 

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ranikot fort