World Heritage Property

Status: UNESCO World Heritage property (inscribed 1981) · Sindh · criteria (iii) · UNESCO ref 143

Overview (Verified — UNESCO)

One of the largest funerary sites in the world, active between the 14th and 18th centuries, with monumental tombs and mausolea reflecting the civilisation of Sindh.

Location

Sindh, Pakistan. Property boundary and buffer zone as recorded by the World Heritage Centre — see the UNESCO record.

Criteria for inscription (Verified — UNESCO)

Inscribed under criteria (iii).

Conservation and the UNESCO record (Verified — UNESCO decisions)

• 45 COM 7B.170 (2023) — state of conservation
• 33 COM 8B.1 (2009) — approved the name 'Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta'

Reported threats (PWHI analysis — verification required per site)

Flooding, illegal activity, land conversion, housing encroachment, waste, structural instability.

PWHI position (PWHI analysis)

PWHI calls for project-level Heritage Impact Assessment for any development affecting the property or its buffer zone, submitted to the World Heritage Centre before irreversible decisions, and for the timely delivery of the management and disaster-risk instruments requested by the Committee.

Sources

• UNESCO World Heritage Centre — property record: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/143
• UNESCO Committee decisions (via PWHI Heritage Intelligence decision corpus)
• PWHI editorial analysis is labelled as such and is not an official or UNESCO determination.