Religion:Sirnikot
Sirnikot (Urdu: سرنی کوٹ, Sindhi: سرڻي ڪوٽ) is a Buddhist site situated along the left bank of the Indus River in Sindh, Pakistan .
Location
Sirnikot is located in deh Sadhoja, near New Jatoi town in Taluka Moro, Naushahro Feroze District of Sindh.[1]
Construction
The construction of the Sirnikot Fort seems to be a continuation of late Bronze Age of Harappa architecture built with baked bricks and clay or mud adopted in later periods.[2] There is a stupa close to the fort, constructed from unbaked bricks. The stupa is on a mound and has a staircase leading to the top. Terracotta elephant faces, terracotta balls, and carved bricks with floral and leaf designs were found from here.[3]The height of the stupa is 70 feet. The walls of Sirnikot are 10 feet high and it is spread over an area of five acres.[1] The Sirnikot site belongs to Buddhism which spread to Sindh during the empire of Ashoka the Great.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Stupa at risk of destruction in Kot Sirani" (in en). https://www.thenews.com.pk/archive/print/203679-stupa-at-risk-of-destruction-in-kot-sirani.
- ↑ (in en) Journal of Asian Civilisations. Taxila Institute of Asian Civilisations. 2002. https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=dPpwAAAAMAAJ&q=Sirni+kot&dq=Sirni+kot&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi1kbLe8L_pAhXynFwKHay4Dr8Q6AEIKjAB.
- ↑ "BUDDHIST SITE AT SIRNI KOT" (in en-US). https://thebuddhistforum.com/buddhist-site-at-sirni-kot/.
- ↑ Stanton, Andrea L. (2012) (in en). Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa: An Encyclopedia. SAGE. ISBN 978-1-4129-8176-7. https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=GtCL2OYsH6wC&pg=RA3-PA86&dq=Buddhism+in+Sindh+during+the+empire+of+Ashoka&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiliKOK97_pAhVJqxoKHd-EAloQ6AEIKjAB#v=onepage&q=Buddhism%20in%20Sindh%20during%20the%20empire%20of%20Ashoka&f=false.
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