Pakistan and the Karakoram HighwayArchived 2013-09-22 at the वेबैक मशीन, Sarina Singh, Lindsay Brown, Paul Clammer, Rodney Cocks, John Mock, pp. 127, Lonely Planet, 2008, ISBN 978-1-74104-542-0, ... With its name meaning 'holy high place', the small town of Uch Sharif (or just Uch) is famous for its superb Sufi shrines ... Believed to date from around 500 BC or earlier, Uch was under Hindu rule when Alexander the Great invaded India. There are claims Alexander spent a fortnight here during which time he renamed it Alexandria. Mohammed bin Qasim entered Uch on his march north ...
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Pakistan and the Karakoram HighwayArchived 2013-09-22 at the वेबैक मशीन, Sarina Singh, Lindsay Brown, Paul Clammer, Rodney Cocks, John Mock, pp. 127, Lonely Planet, 2008, ISBN 978-1-74104-542-0, ... With its name meaning 'holy high place', the small town of Uch Sharif (or just Uch) is famous for its superb Sufi shrines ... Believed to date from around 500 BC or earlier, Uch was under Hindu rule when Alexander the Great invaded India. There are claims Alexander spent a fortnight here during which time he renamed it Alexandria. Mohammed bin Qasim entered Uch on his march north ...
