Author: Hasan, Shaikh Khurshid
Title: Chaukhandi Tombs in Pakistan
Description: Karachi, Royal Book Company, (1996). orig.boards, dustwrapper.. xxv,194,(16)pp, 25x16cm, Includes textual photos + 16pp color photoplates. Some slight page-edge soil.. 16pp color photoplates. Minor rubbing. Light binding corner bumps. VG. ¶ Contents: List of Principal Sites of Chaukhandi Tombs in Sindh & Baluchistan; Discovery of Chaukhandi Tombs; Islamic Arhcitecture Traditions in Sindh; Chaukhandi, Its Meaning & Connotation; Evolution of Architecture of Chaukhandi Tombs & their Special Characteristics; Influence on the Head Stones of Chaukhandi Tombs; Canopies (Chhattries) & their Architectural Details; Mode of Burial; Who Are Lying Buried in Various Chaukhandi Type Graveyards; Jokhia Tribe; Numeree & Burfat Tribes; Burfat Tombs Manghopir; Kalmati Baluch Tribe; Lashari Baluch Tribe; Figural Representation; Significance of Figural Representation; Curious Motifs on Chaukhandi Tombs; Arms & Armour; Sindhi Jewellery Through the Ages; Art of Stone Carvings; Costumes: Pastimes of the People.

Keywords: Pakistan, Pakistan Archeology, Baluchistan Sind, Funerary Monuments, Iconography Tomb, Archaeology History, South Asia Sindh, Chaukhandi Tombs, Aret Stone Carving, Islam Architecture