UmerkotUmerkot (Urdu: عمرکوٹ; Dhatki: عمرڪوٽ; Sindhi: عمرڪوٽ; Urdu pronunciation: [ʊmərkoːʈ], formerly known as Amarkot) is a city in the Thar Region of the Sindh province of Pakistan. The Mughal emperor Akbar was born in Amarkot in 1542. The Hindu folk deities Pabuji and Ramdev are traditionally said to have married in Umerkot. The local language is Dhatki, one of the Rajasthani languages of the Indo-Aryan language family.
Indus Valley CivilisationBronze Age civilisation in South AsiaRuins of Mohenjo-daro on the Indus River in Pakistan, the first South Asian UNESCO World Heritage Site; the Great Bath is in the foreground.Miniature votive images or toys from Harappa, c. 2500 BCE, clay figurines of zebu oxen, a cart, and a chicken.The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Agecivilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE.
SindhProvince of PakistanProvince in PakistanSindh is a province of Pakistan, located in the southeastern region of the country. It is the third-largest Pakistani province by land area and second-largest by population. It is bounded by the Arabian Sea to the south and borders the provinces of Balochistan to the west and Punjab to the north; in addition to sharing an international border with the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan to the east.
Thar (Sindh)Thar (Sindhi: ٿَرُ) also known as the Tharu is a geographical, cultural and linguistic region in eastern Sindh. It comprises the eastern plains of Sindh bordering India and includes the districts of Tharparkar, Mirpurkhas and Umerkot, along with the eastern parts of Sanghar District. The region is distinct from the Thar Desert, as it refers to the broader historical and cultural region rather than the desert itself.MithiMithi (Sindhi: مِٺي; Urdu: مِٹّھی, Urdu pronunciation: [mɪʈ.ʈɦiː]) is a city and the administrative capital of Tharparkar District in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It became the district headquarter of Tharparkar District in 1990, after the area's separation from Mirpur Khas. Mithi is one of the very few cities in Pakistan where Hindus form a majority. Roughly 70% of Mithi's population belongs to the Hindu community.
Hinduism in PakistanHinduism is the second largest religion in Pakistan after Islam. Pakistani Hindus are primarily concentrated in Sindh, speaking a variety of languages including Sindhi, Seraiki and Dhatki, with notable enclaves located in Umerkot District, where Hindus form 54.7 percent of the population, alongside Tharparkar District, which has the largest total Hindu population at 811,505 residents. Hindus are also found in smaller numbers in Balochistan, Punjab, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Sindhi languageSindhi (سِنڌِي, Sindhī, [sɪndʱiː]) is an Indo-Aryan language belonging to the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is primarily spoken by the Sindhi people native to the Pakistani province of Sindh, where the language has official status. It constitutes the mother tongue of over 34 million people in Pakistan, primarily concentrated in Sindh; with historic communities in neighbouring Balochistan as well.
Hyderabad District, PakistanHyderabad District (Sindhi: ضلعو حيدرآباد Urdu: ضلع حیدرآباد), is a district of central Sindh locally called the Vichol Region of Sindh province of Pakistan. Its capital is the city of Hyderabad. The district is the second most urbanized in Sindh, after Karachi, with 80% of its population residing in urban areas.
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UrduUrdu (اُرْدُو, urdū, [ˈʊɾduː] ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in South Asia. It is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also an official Eighth Schedule language in India, the status and cultural heritage of which are recognised by the Constitution of India — alongside having official status in several Indian states (Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and both Telugu states). Urdu and Hindi are closely related.
Nagarparkar TehsilNagarparkar (Urdu: نگرپاركر, Sindhi: ننگرپارڪر) is a tehsil at the base of the Karoonjhar Mountains in Tharparkar District in Sindh province of Pakistan. The historic Churrio Jabal Durga Mata Temple is situated here. The taluka is located at a distance of 129 km from Mithi, in Sindh, Pakistan. It is the eastern-most part of Sindh.
Thari languageThari (ٿَري), also known as Dhatki (ڍاٽڪي), is an Indo-Aryan language that is a part of the Rajasthanic family. It is predominantly spoken by the Thari people in the Thar region, specifically the Tharparkar and Umerkot districts of Sindh, where it is the majority language. Thari is also spoken to a lesser extent in the Barmer and Jaisalmer districts of Rajasthan. The Thari language is spoken by around 1.8 million in the region.
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