Chowkandi – Atristic city of dead-Karachi:


Chowkandi tombs were built for Jokhio & Baloch tribes, from 15th to 18th Century A.D. Chowkandi means 4 Corners.Tombs are rectangle in shape, generally 2&half feet wide, 5-8 feet long and 4-14 feet high. Geometric designs covering on tombs are extraordinary & delicasy of carving gives impression of wood carving. Same desings can be seen in textile, wood, jewellary in Sind province.

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