Set in stone
From the Blog odysseuslahoriOver three decades ago, I saw for the first time a stele on the bank of Bhodesar pond outside Nagarparkar town in Sindh's Thar region. It was a time of drought. The pond was dry and an upright sandstone slab was standing there. Courtesy *Memorial Stones Thararkar* The slab carried a beautiful carving of a horse rider, his raised left hand holding what appeared to be a staff. At his waist was a quiver bristling with arrows. In a panel immediately below the artistic rendering were a few lines of writing that I thought was in Hindi. Nearby was another slab bearing what was clearly the depiction of a woman. Her dress was notable for being quite similar to the ghagra still worn in Thar. The loose ends of her ornate cummerbund came down to her knees. To the right of the woman's figurpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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Lovely Style
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