Pakistan Heritage

Communication among individuals and societies is often linked with the human instinct of satisfying various needs such as food, shelter, clothes and self-protection. This distinctive ability of humans passed through various evolutionary stages to enable them to use abstract symbols to discuss concepts that sum up many aspects of human lives .....

Lahore Museum houses invaluable collection of Buddhist sculptures and relief panels projecting the Gandhara School of art. This is one of the earliest collections in South Asia includes some of the rarest pieces due to which it has earned fame all over the world .....

In the early twentieth century of present India and Pakistan, Several British Army officers were also unprofessional archaeologists. Some of them, including Colonel D.H.Gordon and Colonel D.R. Martin, Calm human terracotta figurines in this collection of British Museum came from the north-west frontier province of Pakistan a .....

After death of the Buddha, his body was cremated and the relics were distributed among existing eight tribes. Numerous Gandharan reliefs depict transpiration of the relics. Most often the event is represented in the form of a well guarded procession. The narrative was also repeatedly depicted on diptych type miniature portable shrines of the “Elephant and Rider Type” diptychs. .....

Stone temples of Kashmir are rare architectural marvels. Most of them are deteriorated to a great extent. Generally scholars attribute their destruction to Sultan Sikander, known as iconoclast, the desecrator of Hindu Temples in Kashmir .....

The paper investigates the historical significance of a terracotta mould from Jammu region, which bears the impression of a female deity/goddess. Stylistically it can be dated between 6th and 8th century A.D. Interestingly such a specimen has not been reported either from Jammu .....

Apart from royal buildings, the elites (Umra) of the Mughals also produced a number of monuments including mosques and tombs. However, they do not equally manifest the attributes of royal style. Although, they carry several royal traditions .....

A unique Indian architecture, for preservation of water is the stepwell. In hot and semiarid region, where rainfall is unusual, stepwells are found, mainly in northwestern India. These are known in ifferent names such as ‘baoli’, ‘bawdi’, ‘vavdi’, ‘vav’, ‘vai’,‘kalyani’, ‘pushkarni’ etc. .....

Here we have Persian inscription from Afghān building, situated in Qissā Khwāni Bazaar, nearby the Kabuli Gate, inside wall city Peshāwar. The inscription belongs to the king Moḥammad Nāder Shah (1883-1933) and his son king Moḥammad Zāhir Shah .....

Window is an important element of building used to achieve the ventilation, light admission and view. The size, style and material consider the architectural movements. Islamia College Peshawar, an architectural heritage, .....

Peace is the essential message of Islam. It can be inculcated among the learners at the critical time of their grooming such as elementary education. Heritage education is one of the most influencing area that leaves relatively permanent imprint on the thinking and practice of the learners. Hence; peace can be inculcated among the students through heritage education. .....

The present study aims to provide a brief description of the child art studies. For this purpose the paper analyzes the contributions of philosophers, psychologists and art educationists in (1) providing favorable climate for progression of art education .....