![DCP00625.JPG](tn_dcp00625_jpg.gif) Coming into land at Dubai on way from London to Karachi
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![DCP00627.JPG](tn_dcp00627_jpg.gif) Chaukundi Islamic tombs 27km E of Karachi
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![DCP00628.JPG](tn_dcp00628_jpg.gif) Most are believed to date from the 13th to 16 th centuries
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![DCP00629.JPG](tn_dcp00629_jpg.gif) They are 1 to 3 m high with 100 or so at the main site
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![DCP00630.JPG](tn_dcp00630_jpg.gif) The tombs are constructed of slabs of rock stacked into oblong pyramids of cubical stone
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![DCP00631.JPG](tn_dcp00631_jpg.gif) Two large domed mausoleums appear by size & ornamentaion to be those of a king & queen
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![DCP00633.JPG](tn_dcp00633_jpg.gif) Arabic & Hindu writing carved into the stone.
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![DCP00634.JPG](tn_dcp00634_jpg.gif) Chaukundi means cubical
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![DCP00635.JPG](tn_dcp00635_jpg.gif) Several motifs give clues to sex, station or rank of the incumbent
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![DCP00637.JPG](tn_dcp00637_jpg.gif) The wals are carved with reliefs so smooth they appear like wood carvings
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![DCP00639.JPG](tn_dcp00639_jpg.gif) Ancient swastika symbols
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![DCP00640.JPG](tn_dcp00640_jpg.gif) Traffic scene in Karachi
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![DCP00641.JPG](tn_dcp00641_jpg.gif) Donkey drawn cart on road.
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![DCP00642.JPG](tn_dcp00642_jpg.gif) Painted bus
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![DCP00643.JPG](tn_dcp00643_jpg.gif) Air Force Museum in Karachi
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![DCP00644.JPG](tn_dcp00644_jpg.gif) North American Sabre jet.
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![DCP00645.JPG](tn_dcp00645_jpg.gif) MIG 19
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![DCP00647.JPG](tn_dcp00647_jpg.gif) Nose of Starfighter with cheeky bird.
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![DCP00648.JPG](tn_dcp00648_jpg.gif) MIG 21
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![DCP00651.JPG](tn_dcp00651_jpg.gif) Canberra medium bomber
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![DCP00652.JPG](tn_dcp00652_jpg.gif) MIG 15 trainer
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![DCP00656.JPG](tn_dcp00656_jpg.gif) Lockheed Starfighter
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![DCP00659.JPG](tn_dcp00659_jpg.gif) Rug/carpet making
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![DCP00660.JPG](tn_dcp00660_jpg.gif) Laying out carpets for viewing
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![DCP00661.JPG](tn_dcp00661_jpg.gif) More carpets
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![DCP00662.JPG](tn_dcp00662_jpg.gif) Waseem Khan of Afghan Carpet Karachi. Bought 350-380 knot per sq inch.
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