History of Hyderabad, Pakistan

History Of Hyderabad, Pakistan

"Hyderābād City (Haidarābād) (Sindhi: حیدرآباد, Urdu: حیدرآباد‎ ), headquarters of the district of Sindh province of Pakistan traces its early history to Neroon, a Hindu ruler of the area from whom the city derived its previous name, Neroon Kot. Its history dates back to pre-Islamic times, when Ganjo Takker (Barren Hill), a nearby hilly tract, was used as a place of worship. Lying on the most northern hill of the Ganjo Takker ridge, just east of the river Indus, it is the third largest city in the province and the eighth largest in the country with an expanse over three hillocks part of the most northerly hills of the Ganjo Takker range, 32 miles east of the Indus with which it is connected by various routes leading to Gidu Bandar.

Hyderabad, as the historic capital of Sindh, is the centre of all the provincial communications: road, rail, waterways and air. From the date of its foundation (1768), its manufactures-ornamented silks, silver- and gold-work, and lacquered ware-have been the chief in the province, and during its heyday had gained prizes at the industrial exhibitions of Europe. Some noteworthy antiquities are the tombs' of the Kalhora and Talpur rulers.