5/5 Emraan A. 2 years ago on Google
The
place
is
worth
visiting.
Sehwan
Fort
/
Kafir
Qila/
Alexander
Fort
(1.27km
long
and
15
metres)
is
located
at
Sehwan
in
Sindh,
the
city
situated
on
the
right
bank
of
River
Indus
at
a
distance
of
135
km
from
Hyderabad.
It
is
an
old
town
of
pre-Islamic
period.
it
was
conquered
by
Alexander
the
Great
in
326
BC.
Later
on,
the
fort
was
conquered
by
Mohammed
Ibn
Qasim,
and
Mahmud
of
Ghazni.
The
fort
also
remained
under
the
possession
of
the
Mughal
emperors.
The
Kalhora
rulers
of
Sindh,
later
on,
took
control.
The
fort
became
derelict
when
the
Kalhora
Dynasty
moved
its
capital
to
nearby
Hyderabad.
The
Fort
is
said
to
have
been
built
by
Alexander
the
Great
and,
hence,
is
also
sometimes
known
as
Alexander's
Fort
in
Sehwan.
It
has
massive
brickwork
like
that
of
Kalankot
Fort
in
Thatta.
The
ancient
fort
lies
north
of
the
town
and
is
a
massive
burnt
brick
structure
laid
in
mud
mortar.
The
core
of
the
fortification
wall
is
filled
with
puddle
earth.
The
defensive
walls
are
roughly
rectangular
in
shape,
with
traces
of
machicolations
(a
floor
opening
between
the
supporting
corbels
of
a
battlement,
through
which
stones,
or
other
objects,
could
be
dropped
on
attackers
at
the
base
of
a
defensive
wall).
At
the
top
of
the
fortification
ground
area
there
are
modern
structures
built
by
Sindh
Government.
At
the
side
of
the
Fort
area,
there
are
deep
ditches
dug
by
French
Archaeological
Mission
in
collaboration
with
Federal
and
Provincial
Archaeology
Department.
The
Endowment
Fund
Trust
(EFT)
for
Preservation
of
the
Heritage
of
Sindh
has
been
tasked
with
the
repair
and
maintenance
of
the
Sehwan
Fort.
Some
of
the
local
people
believe
that
the
fort
was
built
by
Alexander
the
Great.
But
there
is
other
evidence
to
show
that
the
fort
had
existed
before
Alexander
came
to
India
and
it
he
may
have
repaired
it
to
suit
his
army
requirements.
The
arches
of
the
fort
and
other
characteristics
are
oriental
and
not
Grecian.
The
brick-work,
like
that
of
Kalan
Kot
Fort
in
Thatta,
and
the
name
"Kafir
Qila"
also
points
to
the
fact
that
Sehwan
Fort
may
have
been
built
during
Hindu
Rule.
