An Illustrated History of Memorial Stones of Tharparkar

Kalhoro developed an interest in memorial stones in 1999 when he was a student of anthropology at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. The first article that inspired him to pursue the subject was Romila Thapar’s ‘Death and Hero’ in which she discussed the hero and sati stones of India. Following her footsteps, Kalhoro set out to find similar monuments in Sindh, for which he made several trips to the Jain monuments of Tharparkar. This led to the discovery of more that 2000 memorial stones in all six Talukas of the District. This book is the outcome of 15 years of fieldwork, and outlines the terminology, meaning, symbols, myths and history associated with these memorial stones.