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Ranikot Fort

The Ranikot Fort also known as Dewar-e-Sindh (Great
Wall of Sindh), with a circumference of about 26 km or 16
Excercise Daily Connect with your Creator miles, is reputed to be the largest unexplored fort in the
Stretches, Yoga, Walks, Zumba, Weights & Pray, Be Grateful, Meditate, Have Faith, world. Since 1993, it has been on the list of tentative
Skipping Replace Fear with Hope UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It is located in the Kirthar
Range, about 30 km southwest of Sann, in Jamshoro
District, Sindh, Pakistan. Ranikot is the most talismanic
Learn New Things Avoid Information Overload wonder of Sindh. Visible from five kilometers away its
Online Courses, Books Crosswords & Quiz Watch News Once, Use Reliable Sources massive undulating walls twist and dip over the hills. Its
walls are built with dressed sandstone and reinforced with
45 bastions along the outer wall, of which 7 are rectangular
Choose Healthy Foods and the remaining are round. All modified through the ages
Drink Water, Avoid Overeating, Eat Fruits and Keep a Daily Routine to accommodate the use of gunpowder, this perhaps
Vegetables Avoid Sugary Drinks and Snacks Set Timetable, Goals, To Do List, Maintain makes it the largest fort in the world.
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had sent their families to Thar and Kachchh when
Afsharids attacked Sindh during the times of Kalhoras.
Quality Family Social Time However, after acquiring the rule of Sindh, they wanted a
Talk, Zoom Call, Facetime, Skype, Play Laughter Therapy safe and secure place where they can send their families
Games & Do Puzzles Smile, Tell Jokes, Watch Comedies during troubling times. This might have prompted them to
rebuild this fort to their needs.

Rahimdad Khan Molai Sheedai holds the view that its
location in Kohistan on the western frontiers of Sindh gave
it its strategic value. Whereas Mazher Ansari is of the
opinion that, it was first constructed in the Achaemenid
I-read The original purpose and architects of Ranikot Fort are
Dynasty of the Persian Empire (550 – 330 BC).

unknown. Some archaeologists attribute it to Arabs or
possibly built by a Persian noble under the Abbasids by
Imran Bin Musa Barmaki who was the Governor of Sindh
in 836. Others have suggested a much earlier period of
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Persians and at times to the Greeks. Despite the fact that
William W.Li, MD a prehistoric site of Amri is nearby, there is no trace of any
old city inside the fort and the present structure has little
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