{"id":295,"date":"2020-08-27T10:08:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T10:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/staging\/?destination=ranikot-fort"},"modified":"2024-06-06T01:37:57","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T17:37:57","slug":"ranikot-fort","status":"publish","type":"destination","link":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/destination\/ranikot-fort\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranikot Fort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/api.mapbox.com\/styles\/v1\/visitsilkroad\/clvl3cel701dq01phev10aq9m\/static\/pin-s+ff0000(67.9017262,25.8971312)\/67.9017262,25.8971312,12.5,0\/725x300?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoidmlzaXRzaWxrcm9hZCIsImEiOiJjbHV2YWEzbDMwMWRvMmpvYXd1NzRkNDcwIn0.iA4-BEz1MfIrSQRk3uxVkw\">\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"getting-there\">Getting There<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Thebest way to get form Karachi to Ranikot Fort by car. The driving distance between Karachi to Hyderabad Ranikot Fort is 261 km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It takes approximately 3 hour 56 mint according to Google map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-to-expect\">What to Expect<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Ranikot is a historical fort near Sann, Jamshoro District, Sindh, Pakistan.Ranikot Fort is known as the great wall of Sindh and is believed to be the world\u2019s largest fort with a circumference. The fort itself is reportedly 32 kilometrers&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The site was nominated in 1993 by the Pakistan national Commission for UNESCO word heritage status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ranikot-Fort-Pakistan-1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"10669\" src=\"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ranikot-Fort-Pakistan-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ranikot-Fort-Pakistan-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ranikot-Fort-Pakistan-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ranikot-Fort-Pakistan-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" data-id=\"10667\" src=\"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ranikot-Fort-Pakistan-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ranikot-Fort-Pakistan-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ranikot-Fort-Pakistan-3-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ranikot-Fort-Pakistan-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-id=\"10668\" src=\"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ranikot-Fort-Pakistan-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ranikot-Fort-Pakistan-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Ranikot-Fort-Pakistan-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"history\">History<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>RanikotFort is also known as The Great wall of Sindh and is believed to the world\u2019s largest fort, with a circumference of approximately 32 kilometres (20 mi).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class='pixels-photo'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/500px.com\/photo\/1016710948\/the-great-wall-of-sindh-by-ansar-ahmed\" alt=\"The Great Wall of Sindh by Ansar Ahmed on 500px.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n  <img src='https:\/\/drscdn.500px.org\/photo\/1016710948\/m%3D900\/v2?sig=a900da289f9f227942bb3a67d7e5e950c2e3b49bf70938e5cf286feeaff6c0b0' alt='The Great Wall of Sindh by Ansar Ahmed on 500px.com' \/>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/500px.com\/embed.js'><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The fort\u2019s ramparts have been compared to the Great Wall of China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Fort was first restored by Nawab Wali Muhammad Leghari, who was the Prime Minister of Sindh under the Talpur dynasty. Restoration works were undertaken on the fort particularly on the Sann Gate complex, the fortification wall extending south including the mosque and the small Meeri fort or palace within the main fort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original purpose and architects of Ranikot Fort are unknown. It was formerly believed that the for was built during the regimes of the Sassanians,the, the Scythians, the Parthians or the Bactrian Greeks , however, more recent evidence shows that the fort originated under the Talpurs and constructed during the administration of Nawab Wali Muhammad&nbsp; Leghari, the Prime Minister of Sindh during the Talpur dynasty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Archaeologists point to the 17<sup>th<\/sup> century as the time of its first construction but Sindh archaeologists now agree that some of the present structures were reconstructed by the Talpur dynasty in 1812 at cost of 1.2 million rupees (Sindh Gazetteer. 677) The battlements of Ranikot formed the last capital of the Amirs of Sind, When they were brought under the colonial rule of the British Empire.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Radiocarbon tests were conducted at the Sann Gate on the charcoal embedded in the mortar of a collapsed pillar of the eastern gate of the fort. There tests have confirmed that this gate was probably renovated between the early part of the 18<sup>th<\/sup> century and the early part of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, prior to Britain invading the fort when the Kalhoras or most likely the Talpur Mirs of Sindh ruled over the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ranikot Fort is also known as The Great wall of Sindh and is believed to the world\u2019s largest fort, with a circumference of approximately 32 kilometres (20 mi).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10666,"parent":0,"template":"","destination_type":[17],"location":[24,62],"site_type":[164],"featured":[],"class_list":["post-295","destination","type-destination","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","destination_type-site","location-pakistan","location-sindh","site_type-archaeological-ancient-monuments"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination\/295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/destination"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination\/295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18786,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination\/295\/revisions\/18786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"destination_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/destination_type?post=295"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=295"},{"taxonomy":"site_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site_type?post=295"},{"taxonomy":"featured","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitsilkroad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured?post=295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}