Type: Monument - Tomb
Province: Punjab
District: Okara
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1526 - 1857 CE
Description: The tomb of Mir Chakar Rind Baluch is also known as Chakar-e-Azam, built on an octagonal plan internally with 4 m high arches at two levels, measuring 8.2 m across, excluding the 2.4 m thick brick walls, surviving to the height of 9.1 m. The tomb is built in two stages supported on high arches at each side of an octagon internally over which the circular base of the dome was built. The single dome has now collapsed. The tomb is built of baked brick tiles of size 16.5 x 10.1 x 2.5 cm laid in mud mortar. It was originally plastered with about 1.9 cm thick layer of kanker lime and finally finished with 0.7 mm thick layer of fat lime cream-traces of which still survive.
Latitude: 30.917141667
Longitude: 73.512922222
Ownership: Federal Government
Legal Status: Protected by Punjab Heritage Foundation Act
Title of Publication: Archaeological Sites and Historical Monuments Protected Under the Antiquities Act, 1975
Published In: Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
Year of Publication: 1987
Bibliography/Reference: Khan, Ahmad Nabi