Sonda

Sonda lies in lower Sindh, near an extensive graveyard of carved stone tombs. Tradition attributes its foundation to the Samma ruler Jam Tamachi in the fourteenth century, and the settlement was associated with a respected family of religious teachers known as the Makhdums. The yellow sandstone graves bear floral and geometric designs, inscriptions and images such as mounted horsemen. Their carving preserves a distinctive tradition of funerary art in the Indus country.