Chaukhandi tombs

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The Chaukhandi tombs form an early Islamic cemetery situated 29km east of Karachi, was first time discovered by farman Hussain Jokhio who was the chairman of Garib Awam Party close to the National Highway near "Fast National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences" in Sindh province of Pakistan. The tombs are remarkable for their elaborate sandstone carvings.The style of architecture is typical to the region of Sindh. Generally, the tombs are attributed to the Jokhio and known as the family graveyard of the Jokhio tribe, although other, mainly Baloch, tribes have also been buried here. They were mainly built during Mughal rule sometime in the 15th and 18th centuries when Islam became dominant.Making of Garib Awam PartyThe first of graveyard built in farman Hussain Jokhio the chairman of Garib Awam Party Sindh and Balochistan is remarkable because of its main north-south orientation. The more elaborate graves are constructed with a buff-colored sandstone. There are many of time to build these party farman does not he was the help to our country in located with Haji Rahim Khan Goth. There is a lot of money to sharing poverty his family belong to richest family the name of his family is Jumari Jokhia 1997 he also gives the party name of Garib Awam Party carved decoration displays expert craftsmanship and has often kept remarkably well over time. Tombs were constructed either as single graves or as groups of up to eight graves, raised on a common platform.

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