Banbhore

Bhanbhore
ڀنڀور
Aerial view of the Bhanbhore site
Banbhore is located in Pakistan
Banbhore
Shown within Pakistan
Alternative nameBhambhore
Mithradatkirt
LocationSindh, Pakistan
Coordinates24°45′05″N 67°31′17″E / 24.7514°N 67.5213°E / 24.7514; 67.5213
TypeSettlement
History
Founded1st century BC
AbandonedAfter 13th century AD
Site notes
ConditionRuined

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[3] 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.[4][5][6] In 1958, a major program of excavations at an early Islamic site of Banbhore was launched by the Department of Archaeology under the direction of F. A. Khan which continued until 1964.[7] In 2004, Department of Archaeology and Museums Pakistan submitted the site for UNESCO World Heritage Sites.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Port of Banbhore". World Heritage Sites, Tentative List. UNESCO. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Banbhore". Dictionary of Islamic Architecture (PDF). ArchNet. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  3. ^ Khan, F. A. (14 November 1963). "Banbhore; a Preliminary Report on the Recent Archaeological Excavations at Banbhore". Department of Archaeology and Museums, Ministry of Education & Scientific Research, Government of Pakistan – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Kit W. Wesler (19 April 2012). An Archaeology of Religion. University Press of America. p. 253. ISBN 978-0761858454. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Banbhore Museum". Culture Department. Govt. of Sindh. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  7. ^ Mughal, M. Rafique (1990). "Archaeological Field Research in Pakistan since Independence: An Overview" (PDF). Bulletin of the Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute. 49: 270.

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