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Sindh

Indus civilisation, Sufi shrines, and Karachi's coastline.

Sindh is where the 4,500-year-old Indus Valley Civilisation lived — Mohenjo-daro (UNESCO, 2500 BCE) is the world's oldest planned city. The province stretches from the Arabian Sea coast to the Thar Desert.

Best time to visit
November to February. Summers exceed 45 °C in interior Sindh.
Getting there
Karachi's Jinnah International is Pakistan's busiest airport. Sukkur and Larkana have domestic flights.

Top spots in Sindh

  • Mohenjo-daro
    UNESCO Bronze Age city dated 2500 BCE.
  • Karachi
    Clifton beach, Empress Market, Frere Hall, Mohatta Palace.
  • Thatta & Makli
    Shah Jahan Mosque and one of the world's largest necropolises.
  • Thar Desert
    Peacocks, mud villages, and the marble Jain temple of Nagarparkar.

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History timeline for Sindh

The eras of Pakistan's history that most shaped Sindh, from past to present.

  1. 3300–1300 BCE
    Indus Valley Civilisation

    One of the world's three earliest urban civilisations. Mohenjo-daro (Sindh) and Harappa (Punjab) had planned grid streets, brick sewers, and standardised weights 4,500 years ago. Both are UNESCO World Heritage sites in modern Pakistan.

  2. 711–1200 CE
    Arrival of Islam

    In 712 CE, the 17-year-old Umayyad general Muhammad bin Qasim captured Sindh and Multan — one of the earliest Muslim conquests east of Persia. Two centuries later, Mahmud of Ghazni made Lahore his eastern capital (1021), beginning eight centuries of Islamic rule over the region.

  3. 1206–1526
    Delhi Sultanate & Sufi shrines

    The Delhi Sultans ruled from what is now Pakistan and North India. Sufi masters — Data Ganj Bakhsh (Lahore), Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (Sehwan), Bahauddin Zakariya and Shah Rukn-e-Alam (Multan), Baba Farid (Pakpattan) — turned the subcontinent's spiritual landscape and are still visited by millions.

  4. 1849–1947
    British Raj

    The British built the Karachi–Lahore–Peshawar rail network, the Sukkur Barrage (1932) and the world's largest contiguous canal system in Punjab. The North-West Frontier Province and the tribal agencies became the front line of the Great Game with Russia, and the Khyber Pass was fortified against Afghanistan.

  5. 1906–1947
    The Pakistan Movement

    The All-India Muslim League was founded in 1906. In 1930, Allama Iqbal called for a separate Muslim state in his Allahabad address. The Lahore Resolution of 23 March 1940 (passed at Minto Park, now Iqbal Park) formalised the demand — Pakistan was created on 14 August 1947 with Muhammad Ali Jinnah as its first Governor-General.

Questions about Sindh

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When is the best time to visit Sindh in Pakistan?+

November to February. Summers exceed 45 °C in interior Sindh.

How do I get to Sindh?+

Karachi's Jinnah International is Pakistan's busiest airport. Sukkur and Larkana have domestic flights.

Do foreigners need a permit to visit Sindh?+

No permits for major sites. Border areas near India need police escort.

How much does it cost to license a photo of Sindh on Pixistan?+

Personal-use licenses start at PKR 500, editorial at PKR 2,500 and commercial at PKR 8,000. Every Sindh photograph on Pixistan lists its exact PKR price on its detail page.

Who takes the Sindh photographs sold on Pixistan?+

Every Sindh photograph on Pixistan is shot on location by a Pakistani photographer. Pixistan does not accept AI-generated or agency stock imagery.

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