Vehari (Vihari)
Vehari also spelled Vihari, is a city and the headquarters of Vehari District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is Pakistan's 62nd largest city. Vehari is about 100 km from the historical city of Multan. Vehari is located at the Multan-Delhi Road constructed by Indian Muslim Emperor Sher Shah Suri. It is at an altitude of 135 m., {chak No 65.kb}
It is 96 km from the regional metropolis of Multan, 956 km from Karachi, 300 km from Lahore, 218 km from Faisalabad, 119 km from Bahawalpur, 61 km from Hasilpur, 41 km from Mailsi, 46 km from Kacha Khuh, 36 km from Burewala, 27 km from Luddan, 78 km from Arifwala, 112 km from Pakpattan, and about 37 km north of the river Sutlej – the southernmost of the five rivers of the Punjab region. Islam Headworks is on this river near Luddan on the Luddan-Vehari canal providing irrigation water to both banks of the river, which includes the upper fringes of the Cholistan Desert.
It is 96 km from the regional metropolis of Multan, 956 km from Karachi, 300 km from Lahore, 218 km from Faisalabad, 119 km from Bahawalpur, 61 km from Hasilpur, 41 km from Mailsi, 46 km from Kacha Khuh, 36 km from Burewala, 27 km from Luddan, 78 km from Arifwala, 112 km from Pakpattan, and about 37 km north of the river Sutlej – the southernmost of the five rivers of the Punjab region. Islam Headworks is on this river near Luddan on the Luddan-Vehari canal providing irrigation water to both banks of the river, which includes the upper fringes of the Cholistan Desert.
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Pakistan is the site of several ancient cultures, including the 8,500-year-old Neolithic site of Mehrgarh in Balochistan, the Indus Valley civilisation of the Bronze Age, the most extensive of the civilisations of the Afro-Eurasia, and the ancient Gandhara civilization. The region that comprises the modern state of Pakistan was the realm of multiple empires and dynasties, including the Achaemenid; briefly that of Alexander the Great; the Seleucid, the Maurya, the Kushan, the Gupta; the Umayyad Caliphate in its southern regions, the Hindu Shahis, the Ghaznavids, the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughals, the Durranis, the Omani Empire, the Sikh Empire, British East India Company rule, and most recently, the British Indian Empire from 1858 to 1947.
Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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PKR | Pakistani rupee | ₨ | 2 |
ISO | Language |
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EN | English language |
PA | Panjabi language |
PS | Pashto language |
SD | Sindhi language |
UR | Urdu |