Makli Necropolis

Makli Hill Necropolis
مڪلي جو مقام
مکلی کا شہرِ خموشاں
Makli Hill Necropolis ; مڪلي جو مقام; مکلی کا شہرِ خموشاں
	Makli Necropolis features several clusters of elaborate funerary monuments dating between the 14th and 18th centuries.
Details
Location	Thatta, Sindh
Country	Pakistan
Coordinates	24°45′36″N 67°54′07″E / 24.760°N 67.902°E
Type	Sufi
No. of graves	500,000–1,000,000+
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iii
Designated	1981 (5th session)
Reference no.	143
Region	Asia-Pacific

Makli Necropolis (Urdu: مکلی کا شہرِ خموشاں; Sindhi: مڪلي جو مقام) is one of the largest funerary sites in the world, spread over an area of 10 kilometres near the city of Thatta, in the Pakistani province of Sindh. The site houses approximately 500,000 to 1 million^[1] tombs built over the course of a 400-year period.^[2] Makli Necropolis features several large funerary monuments belonging to royalty, various Sufi saints, and esteemed scholars. The site was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981 as an "outstanding testament" to Sindhi civilization between the 14th and 18th centuries.^[3]

^ "Makli Hill". ArchNet. Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Retrieved 17 July 2017.
^ Cite error: The named reference UNESCO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 10 February 2011

[arch-1] "Makli Hill". ArchNet. Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Retrieved 17 July 2017.

[UNESCO-2] Cite error: The named reference UNESCO was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 10 February 2011

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