Makli Hill = The Famous Archaeological Hill

The Makli Hill near Thatta town has the world`s largest necropolis said contain more than one million graves spread over an area of 15 ½ sq. kms. Here in eternal sleep lie kings and queens saints and scholars philosophers and soldiers of a by-gone era-an-era renowned for its culture and learning. The grave-stones and mausoleums at Makli are masterpieced in stone-carving and netted stone work, representing different eras and dynasties, distinguishable by the styles of their ornamentation, the mountains cover the Summa period (14^th to 16^th centuries). The Tarkhan & Arghun period (16^th century). and the Moghal period (16 to 18^th centures).