Thul Mir Rukan

{{Short description|Stupa in Sindh, Pakistan}}

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| religious_affiliation = Buddhism

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| consecration_year = 600 CE-1100 CE

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The Thul Mir Rukan ({{langx|ur|ٹھل میر رکن}}, Sindhi: ٺلهه مير رڪڻ) is a Buddhist stupa, built possibly between the 6th to 11th century CE, it is located near the modern cities of Kazi Ahmed and Daulatpur in the Sindh province of Pakistan.{{Cite news|url=http://antiquities.sindhculture.gov.pk/index.php/antiquities-sites/buddhist-stupa-village-thul-mir-rukan-shaheed-benazir-abad|title=Buddhist Stupa, Village Thul Mir Rukan, Shaheed Benazir Abad|access-date=2018-04-08|language=en-gb}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yLNdDQAAQBAJ&q=thul+mir+rukun+%28buddha+stupa%29&pg=PT36|title=Moen jo Daro: Metropolis of the Indus Civilization (2600-1900 BCE)|last=Talpur|first=Parveen|date=2014-08-14|publisher=BookBaby|isbn=9781631922237|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.coroflot.com/gmsolangi/THUL-MIR-RUKUN|title=THUL MIR RUKUN|website=Coroflot|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-08}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V8FmrgEACAAJ&q=Sindh+Tourism+Archaeological|title=Sindh Tourism: An Archaeological Journey|last=Kingrāṇī|first=ʻAzīzu|date=2012|isbn=9789699543111|language=en}} This monument has domed ceiling and it is 60 feet high, constructed with baked bricks.{{Cite web|url=http://www.discover-pakistan.com/thul-mir-rukan.html|title=Thul Mir Rukun|website=Discover Pakistan|access-date=2018-04-08}} Details indicate the site being a religious Buddhist center since antiquity. Many evidences were explored from this site are related to Gautama Buddha.{{cite book|author=J. E. Van Lohuizen-De Leeuw|title=South Asian Archaeology 1975: Papers from the Third International Conference of the Association of South Asian Archaeologists in Western Europe Held in Paris|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H2GW1PTHQ1YC&pg=PA156|year=1979|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-05996-2|pages=156–}}

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