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Thanks Ali for your input. We will try to include information about all these historical places in this thread.
Keep visiting and sharing :k:
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Shahi Qila Badshahi Mosque Taj Mahal Shalamar Bagh
Yes Waleed these are all important places from historical perspective. Do share pics, videos any interesting info about these places.
PS: Which one is your favorite historical place and why?
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My Favourite Historical Place From Pakistan is Badshahi Mosque
From India Taj Mahal 
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Yes you can add maqli/makli qabaristan as well
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Mehmud Gawan Madrasa in Bidar, Karnataka. A native muslim told me in his typical hyderabadi accent that this architectural marvel was about to last till Qayamat, persian inscription supposedly says so. But he failed to write “insha allah” hence one part of building was destroyed by direct bolt of lightening. It was my luck to travel in entire Bahmani Kingdom once, Bijapur, Bidar, Gulabarga, Ahmednagar, Golconda. This Madrasa though neglected is another architectural marvel. William Dalrymple has mentioned about Ashtur, a place near Bidar in his book “White Mughals”
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Yes you can add maqli/makli qabaristan as well
Yes I'll add about Makli & Chokundi graveyards too. I've visited Makli for several times.
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Nice sharing. Hope to see further iformation of Indian hisorical places. Do add some info about the pre Muslim historical places of India?
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Taxila
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/139
Taxila lies 30 km north-west of Rawalpindi on the Grand Trunk Road. It is one of the most important archaeological sites in Asia. Situated strategically on a branch of the Silk Road that linked China to the West, the city flourished both economically and culturally. Taxila reached its apogee between the 1st and 5th centuries AD. **Buddhist monuments **were erected throughout the Taxila valley, which was transformed into a religious heartland and a destination for pilgrims from as far afield as Central Asia and China. That Taxila was very famous can be deduced from the fact that it is mentioned in several languages. In Sanskrit, the city was called Takshaçila (Prince of the Serpent Tribe); in Pâli it was known as Takkasilâ; the Greeks knew the town as Taxila, which the Romans rendered as Taxilla; the Chinese called it Chu-ch’a-shi-lo.
Taxila is a vast complex of ruins, some 30 km north-west of modern Islamabad, which includes a Mesolithic cave (Khanpur cave), four settlement sites (Saraidala, Bhir, Sirkap and Sirsukh), a number of Buddhist monasteries of various periods and above Giri, Muslim mosques and madrasas of the medieval period. **The Bhir mound is the earliest historic city of Taxila and was probably founded in the 6th century BC by the Achaemenids, according to legend by a son of the brother of the legendary hero Rama. (@thekaur Is this reference to Lachman)
**The first town was situated on a hill that commanded the river Tamra Nala, a tributary of the Indus. It was an important cultural centre and it is said that the Mahabharata was first recited at Taxila. Stone walls, house foundations and winding streets represent the earliest forms of urbanization on the subcontinent.
Sirkap was a fortified city founded during the mid-2nd century BC. Taxila was the capital of a kingdom called Hinduš (Indus country) and consisted of the western half of the Punjab. It was added to the Achaemenid empire under Darius I the Great, but the Persian occupation did not last long. The many private houses, stupas and temples are laid out on the Hellenistic grid system and show the strong Western classical influence on local architecture. The city was destroyed in the 1st century AD by the Kushans of central Asia.
To the north, excavations of the ruins of the Kushan city of Sirsukh have brought to light an irregular rectangle of walls in ashlar masonry with rounded bastions. This wall attests to the early influence of Central Asian architectural forms on those of the subcontinent.
The city of Sirkap (Severed Head), chronologically the second major city of Taxila, is to be found spreading down the Hathial Spur and on to the plains of the Taxila valley. It is bounded by the Tamra stream and to the north and south by the Gau stream, which today has been almost completely obliterated by a modern road and water channel. The present layout of the city was established by the Bactrian Greeks sometime around 180 BC and takes the form of a wide and open grid system. In general, the city presents a better planned architecture than Bhir Mound. The city is encompassed by a mighty wall over 5 km long and up to 6 m thick. There may well have been an entrance on each of the four sides originally, but today the only one evident is the northern wall and it is through here that visitors normally enter the city. A number of temples and monasteries can be found here: Apsidal Temple, Sun Temple, Shrine of the Double Headed Eagle, Kunala Monastery and Ghai Monastery.
**The major attraction in this city is the Great Stupa, one of the largest and most impressive throughout Pakistan, located just 2 km east of Bhir Mound and Sirkap. The chapels and chambers around the Great Stupa were built at various times from the 1st century BC to the post-Kushan period. These structures display a wide range of designs and probably were donated by pilgrims, possibly representing various schools of Buddhism.
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Other sites of interest include the city of Sirsukh which is believed to belong to the Kushan period. To the north of Sirkap are four temples, all standing on earlier mounds and overlooking the city. They are all in the style of Greek temples. The best to visit is probably the one at Jandial, 1.5 km north of Sirkap.
**More about Taxila
http://www.pakistanpaedia.com/landmarks/taxila/taxila.htm
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:eek: while reading first para I was thinkng like: Humayon was murdered? But this one is another Humyon from pre-mughal area thanks to mentioning of year of his death and subsequent details of the article.
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**Hiran Minar Sheikhu Pura
**Sheikhupura, on the outskirts of Lahore, derived its name from a nickname for Prince Jahangir (Shahzada Saleem aka Sheikhoo) . It was one of Jahangir’s princely dominions during his father Akbar’s reign. Just north of Sheikhupura town lies a hunting complex known as the Hiran Minar.
As per historical accounts, on March 31, 1607, an antelope (Hiran) was caught alive here by Jahangir’s entourage while hunting. When the antelope was brought before the emperor, it showed instant affection, seating down at Jahangir’s feet, as if pleading to be spared and adopted. Jahangir liked the gesture, and naming it “Mansraj”, also issued a royal decree banning the shikar of deer at the hunting site. The deer remained with the emperor and enjoyed the royal hospitality, till 1620. The bereaved emperor ordered a minaret to be built at his grave, hence the name Hiran Minar.
http://www.mughalgardens.org/html/sheikhupura_hiran.html
http://www.pakistanpaedia.com/landmarks/hiran_minar/hiran_minar.htm
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Mughal emperor Humayun was dangerous to himself and no one else:). My father’s ancestral place was Lyallpur(Faislabad), hence please share some historical places of it. Here I am sharing my “Sasural” Kashmir. the name kashmir comes from Hindu Maharishi Kashyap who was Saptarishi, incidentally Hindus claim that constellation “the great bear” in the sky is representation of them. Famous Surya Mandir of Kashmir
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Wah Wah Nice Thread !! Good Read :D
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Will definitely add something about Faisalabad. As far as I know, the city was deveopled during British era and may not have old historical places other than those built by the Birtish Government, but being in vicinity of Jhang and River Chenab there must be something related to ‘Heer Ranjha’ & ’ Sohni Mehwal’.
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Umer Kot Sindh - Janam bhoomi (Birth place) of Mughal Emperor Akbar. The city is also famous for Sindhi folk tale ‘Umar Marvi’
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this thread is so cool … so informative:k:
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Noor Mahal is one of the monuments in Punjab and is the Italian styled palace of Nawab Sir Muhammad Sadiq who was the 5[SUP]th[/SUP] ruler of Bahawalpur State. It is among the most exquisite buildings of Pakistan and was specifically meant for Nawab. Though, he never lived for a single day in Noor Mahal because of the proximity to Basti Maluk Graveyard.
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I visited Faisalabad due to some office work for 2-3 days few years back.. Could not get much time to visit the city, however, went to famous charpai hotel / dhaba where delicious saag and makki di roti was being sold. 
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Some famous places of Faisalabad**
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Kaisari gate*
*Clock Tower foundation stone of Clock Tower (Ghanta Ghar), Faisalabad was laid on 14th November 1903 by Sir Charles Pawaz, the Governor of Punjab.
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Mughal Emperor Shahjahan’s Dai Anga (Wet Nurse) tomb in Lahore
Dai Anga’s tomb is located at the site of Bulabi Bagh, an earlier garden of which the only the gateway, Gulabi Bagh, survives. The tomb was built for Dai Anga, the wet nurse of Shah Jahan and the wife of Murad Khan, a magistrate of Bikaner under Emperor Jahangir.
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Gurdwara Janamasthan (Birth place of Baba Guru Nanak), Nankana Sahib
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Some more about the Gandhara civilization which was present in Northern Pakistan (Taxila, Swat and Peshawer) and extended all the way into Eastern Afghanistan (Bamiyan).