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Houses tombs from the Samma, Arghun, Tarkhan, and Mughal dynasties.

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Prior to the British invasion of Sindh, British travelers entered the region and began to document it's culture, armies, people, rulers, etc... often through sketches and paintings such as this.

The soldiers can be seen with a cylinder-like headpiece (which went out of style after the British invasion), this "hat" was unique only to Sindh, noblemen generally wore a more embroidered version, with the top fully flat. The soldiers can be seen with a hoplite-like shield, similar shields are depicted in rock engravings and reliefs going back thousands of years ago in modern-day Pakistan. Considering this was the age of gunpowder, such shields would have been ineffective and we don't really know why they were standard within the Sindhi army.

The two soldiers to the right are wearing an earlier form of the now popular 'Shalwar Kameez', similar variants still exist among some Baloch and Seraiki communities. The soldier to the left of them is wearing more fitted clothes, possibly an officer; this variant was introduced by the Kushans and is depicted in Gandharan reliefs; remaining popular until the 1900s.