history of architecture in pakistan , history of civilizations in pakistan

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civilizations in pakistan

1. PAKISTAN ARCHITECTURE HISTORY ALI AZHAR ROLL NO – AR-19-03

2. SOON VALLEY ( (500,000 – 125,000 BCE) : At the end of last ice age that melted down around 10,000 years ago, the northern Pakistan finally settled into its present topographic and morphological features. Soon Valley is located at the toe of northern Pakistan. 

3. Palaeolithic age Uses of stone tools E xisted between 500, 000 ago. The latter emerged at the same age in East Africa during the Lower Paleolithic about 1.76 million years ago lasted and lasted till 200,000 years ago.

4. The fort and temples of Anmb Shareef : There used to be different statues in this fort. Made of stone. The architecture of the temple is of Kashmiri style. The palace comprises of three floors but one can only approach the ground and the first floor. Each floor has a central hall.

5. GHANDHARA CIVILIZATION ARCHITECTURE ( 1st millennium BCE to the beginning of the 2nd millennium CE). The architecture of Gandhara, like its sculpture, combines local characteristics with elements derived from both Indian and western precedent. Gandhara attained its height from the 1st century to the 5th century CE under the Kushan Empire, who had their seasonal capitals at Bagram (Kapisi) and Peshawar (Puruṣapura).

6. MOHANJODARO AND HARAPPA CIVILIZATION: Mohenjo-Daro had a planned layout with rectilinear buildings arranged on a grid plan. Most were built of fired and mortared brick; some incorporated sun-dried mud-brick and wooden superstructures. Sites were often raised, or built on man made hills. This could be to combat flooding in the nearby areas.

7. Best town planning. Great baths for ritual baths.

8. Harappans demonstrated advanced architecture with dockyards, granaries, warehouses, brick platforms, and protective walls. Unlike Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, the inhabitants of the Indus Valley Civilization did not build large, monumental structures.