A NAVIGATION watch tower or stupa stands behind a signboard indicating ruins of the ancient site of Brahmanabad and Mansura in Sanghar. Photo by Umair Ali
AS a cool breeze blew across, the only sound at the ancient ruins was a Sindhi song a tractor driver was playing at a high pitch. He was ploughing a field near the historic site of Mansura, earlier known as Brahmanabad, some 18km southeast of Shahdadpur.
I actually wanted to visit Achhro Thar in Sanghar’s arid region, but my mate Zafar Mangi suggested that we go instead to the site of Mansura, the first capital established by the Muslims in the subcontinent after Mohammad bin Qasim seized the Brahmanabad territory.