Contents 6Preface 8Introduction Pratapaditya Pal 26Prehistoric Sindh Dilip K.Chakrabarti 36Coinages at the Crossroads: The Monetary Heritage of Sindh Shailendra Bhandare 50The Artistic Heritage of Early Sindh Pratapaditya Pal 62The Reconstruction of a Buddhist Stupa at Mirpurkhas Sabyasachi Mukherjee 74The Great Shiva Temple at Debal Ibrahim Shah 80Of Merchants, Courtiers, and Saints: The Islamic Architecture of Sindh Alka Patel 96The Banbhore Palimpsest Mumtaz Currim 106The Living Textile Traditions of Sindh Noorjehan Bilgrami 120Picturing Sindh: British Representations Rosemary Raza 134Kalachi, Kurrachee, Karachi: Biography of a Metropolis Nandita Bhavnani 146Of Migrations and Transitions: Contemporary Art in Sindh Salima Hashmi 158Excavating Memories: Images on a Quilt Cover Yashodhara Dalmia 162Flavours of Sindh: Culinary Memories of the Hindu Community Sherina Advani 176 Index 180Contributors