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    Architectural Designs
    ( 2015) Aliraza manjothi
    Monuments feature corridors with roofs supported by intricately carved sandstone with engraved calligraphy.
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    Dancing Girl
    ( 2015) Gary Todd
    Dancing Girl is a prehistoric bronze sculpture made in lost-wax casting about c. 2300–1750 BC in the Indus Valley civilisation city of Mohenjo-daro (in modern-day Pakistan),which was one of the earliest cities. The statue is 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) tall, and depicts a nude young woman or girl with stylized ornaments, standing in a confident, naturalistic pose. Dancing Girl is highly regarded as a work of art. It is now in the National Museum, New Delhi, having been allocated to Republic of India at the Partition of British India in 1947.
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    Priest-King
    ( 2006) Mamoon Mengal
    The Priest-King, in Pakistan often King-Priest, is a small male figure sculpted in steatite found during the excavation of the ruined Bronze Age city of Mohenjo-daro in Sindh, Pakistan, in 1925–26. It is dated to around 2000–1900 BCE, in Mohenjo-daro's Late Period, and is "the most famous stone sculpture" of the Indus Valley civilization ("IVC"). It is on display in the National Museum, Karachi, Pakistan.
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    Tomb of Diwan Shurfa Khan
    ( 2010) Khalil Pirani
    Diwan Shurfa Khan died in 1638 CE was a minister in the state government during Mughal rule. His tomb, along with its adjoining mosque, is the best preserved and most colorful of the brick monuments on Makli Hill. The square plan tomb stands on a platform in a walled enclosure, and was originally covered with light blue tiles, along with its Persian style dome. The red brick walls have light blue tiles set in the joints. Round towers at each corner have an enclosed staircase leading to the roof. The interior of the dome is decorated in glazed bricks in a chevron pattern, and the mihrab in the western wall of the enclosure, as well as the central part of the mosque, are decorated with tiles.
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    Tomb of Sultan Jam Nizamuddin
    ( 2013) Syed HussainHyder Zaidi
    Sultan Jam Nizamuddin was the 15th Sultan of Sindh from Samma dynasty between 1461 and 1508 CE. His tomb is in the necropolis on Makli Hill. It is square in the plan but the dome was never constructed. On the exterior of the building there are twelve bands of decoration running around the building from top to bottom comprising diamonds, lotuses, Quranic inscriptions, and geometric patterns. There are two unusual features: the mihrab in the interior and the corresponding balcony on the exterior.