Surviving evidences indicate a sophisticated civilization.
Little is known about this civilization, often called Harappan, partly because it disappeared about 1700 BC for reasons unknown, its language remains undeciphered, its existence was revealed only in the 1920s, and excavations have been limited. View of Mohenjo Daro towards the Great Bath. After Independence, modern architectural styles like the International style became popular. The Indo-Saracenic style, a fusion of British and Indo-Islamic elements also developed. The British, like the Mughals, built elaborate buildings to project their power. The Mughal Empire ruled between the 16th and 18th centuries, and saw the rise of Mughal architecture, most prevalent in Lahore.ĭuring the British Colonial period, European styles such as the Baroque, Gothic and Neoclassical became prevalent. Indo-Islamic architecture emerged during the medieval period, which combined Indian and Persianaite elements. These remnants are visible in the Gandhara capital of Taxila. This was followed by the Gandhara style of Buddhist architecture that borrowed elements from Ancient Greece. With the beginning of the Indus civilization around the middle of the 3rd millennium BC, for the first time in the area which encompasses today's Pakistan an advanced urban culture developed with large structural facilities, some of which survive to this day. The major architectural styles popular in the past were Temple, Indo-Islamic, Mughal and Indo-Saracenic architecture, all of which have many regional varieties. Pakistani architecture is intertwined with the architecture of the broader Indian subcontinent.
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