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I misunderstood about Satghara (at 1:55) as Satghara where Baloch hero Chakar e Azam migrated and his tomb is also situated there, but then I remember that it was near Sahiwal and this video is from Chakwal and Potohar :D
yes, Sahiwal is about 250 kms south of Lahore and Chakwal roughly 250 Kms North :)
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Interesting two places with same name and at same distance from Lahore :)
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I think the book that was banned was on the historical perspective of Bhagwan Ram, she claimed character of Ram was myth which Hindus believe is historical character.
There are two theories on Aryans, One is Aryan Invasion theory that Aryan invaded india and pushed indigenous people, the other is out of India theory which states that ideas of Aryan went in opposite to Invasion theory's direction:)
there is a 50-50 chance...
but i don't believe in mythological superior race called aryan,it's just a sanskrit term for noble...
recent dna tests shows majority of indians have similar kind of genes,not like aryan-dravidian myth,
but at same time i can say we don't belong to one particular group we are a mix of defferent groups and formed a complete new race.no one in india can be claimed to belong a one particular race
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Qutb-Minar in red and buff standstone is the highest tower in India. It has a diameter of 14.32 m at the base and about 2.75 m on the top with a **height of 72.5 m.
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**Qutbu’d-Din Aibak laid the foundation of Minar in AD 1199 for the use of the mu’azzin (crier) to give calls for prayer and raised the first storey, to which were added three more storeys by his successor and son-in-law, Shamsu’d-Din Iltutmish (AD 1211-36). **All the storeys are surrounded by a projected balcony encircling the minar and supported by stone brackets, which are decorated with honey-comb design, more conspicuously in the first storey.
Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi - Archaeological Survey of India
PS: Interesting to read that like Indian people from SAARC countries (including Pakistan) have to pay Rs 10 for visiting the site compared to Rs 250 or US $ 5 for other nationalities 
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Mehr Gadh Ruins, Balochistan - Worls’s First Urban Settlement
Neolithic Mehrgarh is believed to be one of the oldest civilisations of the world, located in the Kachhi district near Sibi. Regarded as the most developed in the world at one time, some archaeologists believe Mehrgarh was home to one of the oldest farming communities in the subcontinent. The site covers an area of about 500 acres and shows evidence of **continuous occupation for more than three millennia prior to the Harappa civilisation.
**Relics that speak volumes -DAWN Science; July 1, 2006
PS: Its strange that many website containing information about Baloch History and Culture have been blocked by PTA. 
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Ranjeet Singh Samadhi - Lahore
he Samadhi of Ranjit Singh is the mausoleum of the Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh. It is located near the Lahore Fort and Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. Construction was started by his son, Kharak Singh on the spot where he was cremated, and was completed by his youngest son, Duleep Singh in 1848.
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story of pakistan, interesting video…
The Most Comprehensive Reference on the Political History of Pakistan
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Amazing sharing Ali :k:
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have you been to kot diji? the fort seems stunning.
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Never been to Khairpur Mirus It has many historical places including Kot Dijji.
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ok, the same with me not been to many historical places including harrapa although i have been to sahiwal a couple of times.
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Yes, I want to visit / revisit all the historical places. Khairpur's Kot Dijji is somewhat out of my way, until some day I intend to visit Sachal Sarmast Mazar in Darazan, which is near Khairpur Mirus.
But Bhanbor, Chokundi, Makli, Thatta, Keenjhar, Rani Kot, Roopa Mari are not far away from Karachi.
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If you keep getting into the historical places in Pakistan, there are so many that one loses track of all of them.
These are pictures of Takht Bhai about 15 kms away from Mardan, KP.
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Interesting.. Takht Bai se yaad aaya, Takht Hazara kahan per hai 
Ranjha Takht Hazare da…
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Takht Hazara - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Takht Hazara is a town in the Sargodha District of Punjab, Pakistan. It is located at 32°7’0N 73°13’60E at an altitude of 192 metres (633 feet).[SUP][1][/SUP] This is town where Ranjha, the protagonist from the famous Punjabi folk story of Heer Ranjha, was born.
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So the most famous character of Punjabi folklore Ranjha was from Sargodha... Sargodha ke Kinnu bhi boht mashoor hain...
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yes sargodha kay kinoo mashoor hain, even Haripur Hazara of KP, we used to go eat em when studying in a uni in Taxila.
Rehman Dheri is an Pre-Harappan Archaeological Site situated near Dera Ismail Khan in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan.
This is one of the oldest urbanised centres found to date in South Asia. Dated about 4000 BC, the site is situated 22 kilometres (14 mi) north of Dera Ismail Khan. Since the earliest occupation, except for the extension outside the city in the south, the entire habitation area was enclosed by a massive wall, built from dressed blocks made from clay slabs. [SUP][1][/SUP] The low mound of this fortified town is visible from Bannu Road. This rectangular mound is covering about 22 hectares and standing 4.5 m above the surrounding field. The fortified town of about ten to fifteen thousand inhabitants shows sign of town planning. Pottery, and stone and metal tools were found.
No seals were found and no writing was discovered, though some forms of engraving or scraping on the pottery were observed.
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Khyber pass is a historical place by itself, almost all the foreign invasions (except Muhammad Bin Qasim) took place through the pass.
Khyber Pass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Khyber Pass, (Pashto: د خیبر درہ, Urdu/Persian: درۂ خیبر) (altitude: 1,070 m or 3,510 ft) is a mountain pass connecting Afghanistan and Pakistan, cutting through the northeastern part of the Spin Ghar mountains. An integral part of the ancient Silk Road, it is one of the oldest known passes in the world. Throughout history it has been an important trade route between Central Asia and South Asia and a strategic military location. The summit of the pass is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) inside Pakistan at Landi Kotal.
Well known invasions of the area have been predominantly through the Khyber Pass, such as the invasions by Darius I and Alexander the Great and also include Genghis Khan and later mongols such as Duwa, Qutlugh Khwaja and Kebek. Among the Muslim invasions of South Asia, the famous invaders coming through the Khyber Pass are the Turks such as Mahmud Ghaznavi, Muhammad Ghori and the Turkic-Mongols such as Timur Lane and Babur whose invasion resulted in the establishment of the celebrated Mughul Empire (1526-1857). During the Mughal Period India was again invaded by the Persians under Nadir Shah and later by the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani; all these invasions coming through the Khyber Pass. The British invaded Afghanistan from India via the pass and fought three Afghan Wars in 1839-42, 1878-80, and 1919. George Molesworth, a member of the British force of 1919, summarized: “Every stone in the Khyber has been soaked in blood.” Rudyard Kipling called it “a sword cut through the mountains.”
Finally, Sikhs under Ranjit Singh, in 1798 captured the Khyber Pass. Hari Singh Nalwa, who manned the Khyber pass for years became a household name in Afghanistan.
Afghan chiefs and a British Political officer posed at Jamrud fort at the mouth of the Khyber Pass in 1878.
To the north of the Khyber Pass lies the country of the Mullagori tribe. To the south is Afridi Tirah, while the inhabitants of villages in the Pass itself are Afridi clansmen. Throughout the centuries the Pashtun clans, particularly the Afridis and the Afghan Shinwaris, have regarded the Pass as their own preserve and have levied a toll on travellers for safe conduct. Since this has long been their main source of income, resistance to challenges to the Shinwaris’ authority has often been fierce.
For strategic reasons, after the First World War the British built a heavily engineered railway through the Pass. The Khyber Pass Railway from Jamrud, near Peshawar, to the Afghan border near Landi Kotal was opened in 1925.
During World War II concrete “dragon’s teeth” (tank obstacles) were erected on the valley floor due to British fears of a German tank invasion of India.[SUP][3]
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The Pass became widely known to thousands of Westerners and Japanese who traveled it in the days of the Hippie trail, taking a bus or car from Kabul to the Afghan border. At the Pakistani frontier post, travelers were advised not to wander away from the road, as the location was then a barely controlled Federally Administered Tribal Area. Then, after customs formalities, a quick daylight drive through the Pass was made. Monuments left by British Army units, as well as hillside forts, could be viewed from the highway.
The area of the Khyber Pass has been connected with a counterfeit arms industry, making various types of weapons known to gun collectors as Khyber Pass Copies, using local steel and blacksmiths’ forges.[SUP][4][/SUP][SUP][5][/SUP]
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khyber pass
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Yes the 'Khyber Pass' always welcomed intruders... It always chanted slogans of 'Wash Malay'.. It truly proved 'Gate way to loot India'. :D
Apart from Mehr Garh, what are the other historical places of Balochistan?
