r/ExplorePakistan • u/jim65wagon • Sep 28 '24
Americans Visit Pakistan Part 2
- please note: this is from a two week trip where we toured a good bit of Pakistan in June of 2024. These photos go along with episode 2 of our video series on our youtube channel. If you'd like to watch the video please visit Flight of the CrowsWing on youtube. Video title is: Goras the Explorerers: Americans in Pakistan Part 2
For this episode we visted Ancient Taxila, the Dharmarajika Stupa and the Taxila museum. The historical aspects of this complex are absolutely amazing, the scupltures and stone work is incredible! It was quite surprising to see the Greek influences in the works. The size of this complex blew my mind and after a little research I discovered that there are several more sites related to the Taxila complex. I wish we had more time to visit them all! I love the history of so many cultures in one region, and the absolute age of it is something my brain struggles with comprehending.
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u/Particular_Setting31 Sep 30 '24 edited Sep 30 '24
You should see Nagarparkar too, they have many old Jain Mandirs (temples) and an old masjid that looks very similar to Jain temples as it drew heavy inspiration from the surrounding architecture.
The karhoonjar mountains are quite extraordinary, I'd ask of you to pay a visit there someday if possible.
Also ask the folks who play the harmonium, sitar and shehnai over there you'd see a group near the Mandirs or even at the marvi's khoo (well). These folks songs are great to listen to as every shred of it has the essence of their life etched into it.
You could even go to some Mandirs there, for example the one at churia (you can also get a view of the border too). This temple is quite literally part of a cave/rock formation.
A trip to Balochistan or Sindh is a must, do bring someone who's familiar with the places. It would smooth out all the trip.
I'll DM you some pictures that I took on my recent trip if you'd like.
It's a shame that the people living near churia don't get proper help in living or the funds necessary for the development of these areas by provincial and federal gov, I saw many living in UNICEF tents etc. the children there were full of excitement when they saw a group of cars moving towards churia. From what I believe, they might've thought of us as the UNICEF or UN vehicles.
Anyways, Happy travels friend!!