Pakistan's 6 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
From 4,500-year-old Mohenjo-daro to Rohtas Fort, Pakistan has six places on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Here they are, with the year each was added.
UNESCO's World Heritage List includes places of "outstanding universal value". Pakistan has six of them.
The six sites
- Archaeological ruins at Mohenjo-daro (Sindh), added 1980. One of the largest cities of the Indus Valley Civilization.
- Taxila (Punjab), added 1980. Ruins spanning centuries, from early settlements to Buddhist monasteries.
- Buddhist ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and neighbouring city remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), added 1980.
- Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore (Punjab), added 1981. Two masterpieces from the Mughal era.
- Historical monuments at Makli, Thatta (Sindh), added 1981. One of the largest necropolises in the world.
- Rohtas Fort (Punjab), added 1997. Built by Sher Shah Suri in the 16th century.
Tentative list
Pakistan has also put more places on UNESCO's tentative list, the first step towards being added in future.
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