Banbhore

Bhanbhore
ڀنڀور
	Aerial view of the Bhanbhore site
	Shown within Pakistan
Alternative name	Bhambhore; Mithradatkirt
Location	Sindh, Pakistan
Coordinates	24°45′05″N 67°31′17″E / 24.7514°N 67.5213°E
Type	Settlement
History
Founded	1st century BC
Abandoned	After 13th century AD
Site notes
Condition	Ruined

Banbhore, Bambhore, Bhanbhore or Bhambhore (Sindhi: ڀنڀور; Urdu: بھنبھور) is a city dating to the 1st century BCE located in modern-day Sindh, Pakistan.^[1]^[2] The city ruins lie on the N-5 National Highway, east of Karachi. It dates back to the Scytho-Parthian era^{[citation needed]} and was later controlled by Muslims from the 8th to the 13th century, after which it was abandoned. Remains of one of the earliest known mosques in the region dating back to 727 AD are still preserved in the city.^[3]^[4]^[5] In 2004, Department of Archaeology and Museums Pakistan submitted the site for UNESCO World Heritage Sites.^[1]

^ ^a ^b "Port of Banbhore". World Heritage Sites, Tentative List. UNESCO. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
^ "Banbhore". Dictionary of Islamic Architecture (PDF). ArchNet. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
^ Kit W. Wesler (19 April 2012). An Archaeology of Religion. University Press of America. p. 253. ISBN 978-0761858454. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
^ "Friday Mosque of Banbhore". ArchNet. Retrieved 8 September 2012. ... the Jami' Masjid of Banbhore is one of the earliest known mosques in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent.
^ "Banbhore Museum". Culture Department. Govt. of Sindh. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.

[UNESCO-1] "Port of Banbhore". World Heritage Sites, Tentative List. UNESCO. Retrieved 3 September 2012.

[AN-2] "Banbhore". Dictionary of Islamic Architecture (PDF). ArchNet. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

[Wesler-3] Kit W. Wesler (19 April 2012). An Archaeology of Religion. University Press of America. p. 253. ISBN 978-0761858454. Retrieved 8 September 2012.

[4] "Friday Mosque of Banbhore". ArchNet. Retrieved 8 September 2012. ... the Jami' Masjid of Banbhore is one of the earliest known mosques in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent.

[Sindh-5] "Banbhore Museum". Culture Department. Govt. of Sindh. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.

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