Four bombs exploded the day we arrived in Pakistan. They are a constant fact of life throughout the country.
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Lovely pinkish-red carrots grow in Pakistan.
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Jim buys an Afghan hat, worn by Afghan refugees throughout Pakistan.
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These young women came from the village to visit the Badshahi Mosque.
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The gateway leading into Badshahi Mosque is 20 meters high. The enormous courtyard holds 100,000 worshippers making the mosque one of the largest in the world.
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Marble domes atop Badshahi Mosque.
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The red stone of the Badshahi Mosque came from India.
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Badshahi Mosque, built for the Emperor Aurangzeb in 1673-74, is one of the world’s most famous examples of Mughal architecture.
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A view of the Lahore Fort, which covers 375 meters by 300 meters, and Hazuri Bagh, where the Sikh ruler used to hold court.
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The gun made famous by the opening lines of Kipling’s ‘Kim’.
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Lahore Museum is the oldest in Pakistan, founded in 1864 and then moved to this colonial building in 1890. John Lockwood Kipling, the father of Rudyard Kipling, who brought fame to the museum with a mention in ‘Kim’, was the museum’s first curator.
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The numerous Gandharan sculptures inside the Lahore Museum are outstanding, with ‘Fasting Buddha’ as the showpiece of the collection.
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