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Pakistani architecture is intertwined with the architecture of the broader Indian subcontinent. The major architectural styles popular in the past were Temple, Indo-Islamic, Mughal and Indo-Saracenic architecture, all of which have many regional varieties. With the beginning of the Indus civilization around the middle of the 3rd millennium BC ...
Gandhāra is the name of an ancient region located in present-day north-west Pakistan and parts of north-east Afghanistan. The region centered around the Peshawar Valley and Swat river valley, though the cultural influence of "Greater Gandhara" extended across the Indus river to the Taxila region in Potohar Plateau and westwards into the Kabul Valley in Afghanistan, and northwards up to the ...
The Pakistan Monument ( Urdu: یادگارِ پاکستان) is a national monument and heritage museum located on the western Shakarparian Hills in Islamabad, Pakistan. The monument was constructed to symbolize the unity of the Pakistani people. It is dedicated to the people of Pakistan who sacrificed their "today" for a better "tomorrow".
The culture of Pakistan ( Urdu: پاکستانی ثقافت Pākistāni S̱aqāfat) is based in the Indo-Persian cultural matrix that constitutes a foundation plank of South Asian Muslim identity. [1] The region has formed a distinct cultural unit within the main cultural complex of South Asia, Middle East and Central Asia.
The Sheesh Mahal ( Urdu: شیش محل; "The Palace of Mirrors") is a palace located within the Shah Burj block in northern-western corner of Lahore Fort. It was constructed under the reign of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1631–32, with some additions later under Sikh Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The ornate white marble pavilion is inlaid with ...
Nasreddin Murat-Khan [a] TI (1904 – 15 October 1970) was a Russian -born Pakistani architect and civil engineer. He is renowned for designing the iconic national monument, the Minar-e-Pakistan. [1] [2] [3] He was also the architect of the Gaddafi Stadium and several other notable buildings and structures.
Habib Fida Ali (Karachi) Abdur Rahman Hye – (also known as A. R. Hye) – pioneer of institutional architecture in Pakistan. Yasmeen Lari (Karachi) – Pakistan's first woman architect [3] [citation needed] Nasreddin Murat-Khan (Lahore) – architect of the Minar-e-Pakistan and other structures.
Islamic architecture. Islamic architecture. Top: arches of the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba ( Spain ); centre: the Jameh Mosque in Isfahan ( Iran ); bottom: interior side view of the main dome of the Selimiye Mosque ( Edirne, Turkey) Islamic architecture comprises the architectural styles of buildings associated with Islam.