Type: Monument - Temple
Province: Punjab
District: Multan
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: Early 8th - 11th Century CE
Description: The Sun Temple of Multan, also known as the Aditya Sun Temple, was an ancient Hindu sun temple, that was the base of a sun worshipping sect dedicated to Surya - the Hindu Sun God (also known as Aditya). The temple was noted by the medieval Arab geographer Al-Muqaddasi to have been located in the most populous part of Multan, between the city`s ivory and copper-smith bazaars. The temple was destroyed by Multan`s dynasty of new Ismaili rulers in the late 10th century, who in turn built an Ismaili congregational mosque atop the site after abandoning the city`s old Sunni congregational mosque which had been built by the city`s early Muslim rulers.
Latitude: 30.132180411
Longitude: 71.441129746
Ownership: Evacuee Trust
Legal Status: Protected by The Punjab Special Premises (Preservation), Ordinance, 1985
Title of Publication: Multan Sun Temple
Published In: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multan_Sun_Temple
Year of Publication: 2021 (Retrieved)
Bibliography/Reference: Anonymous
