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  2. Mohenjo-daro - Wikipedia

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    ' Mound of the Dead Men '; Urdu: موئن جو دڑو [muˑənⁱ dʑoˑ d̪əɽoˑ]) is an archaeological site in Larkana District, Sindh, Pakistan. Built c. 2500 BCE, it was the largest settlement of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation , and one of the world's earliest major cities , contemporaneous with the civilizations of ancient Egypt ...

  3. History of Sindh - Wikipedia

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    The Talpur dynasty (Sindhi: ٽالپردور‎; Urdu: سلسله تالپور‎) succeeded the Kalhoras in 1783 and four branches of the dynasty were established. [99] One ruled lower Sindh from the city of Hyderabad , another ruled over upper Sindh from the city of Khairpur , a third ruled around the eastern city of Mirpur Khas , and a ...

  4. List of English words of Hindi or Urdu origin - Wikipedia

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    A term which originally referred to a place where sporting events take place and referred to any of various meets at which contests were held to test the skill of the competitors. In English-speaking countries, a gymkhana refers to a multi-game equestrian event performed to display the training and talents of horses and their rider [ -khānā ...

  5. Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Urdu in its less formalised register is known as rekhta (ریختہ, rek̤h̤tah, 'rough mixture', Urdu pronunciation:); the more formal register is sometimes referred to as زبانِ اُردُوئے معلّٰى, zabān-i Urdū-yi muʿallá, 'language of the exalted camp' (Urdu pronunciation: [zəbaːn eː ʊrdu eː moəllaː]) or لشکری ...

  6. Languages of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    An English-Urdu bilingual sign at the archaeological site of Sirkap, near Taxila. The Urdu says: (right to left) دو سروں والے عقاب کی شبيہ والا مندر, dō sarōñ wālé u'qāb kī shabīh wāla mandir. "The temple with the image of the eagle with two heads." Most languages of Pakistan are written in the Perso-Arabic ...

  7. How The World Bank Broke Its Promise to Protect the Poor

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    World Bank President Kim said in March that the demand in struggling regions for infrastructure spending — to provide clean water, electricity, medical care and other vital needs — will mean the bank will finance an increasing number of big projects likely to remove people from their land or disrupt their livelihoods.

  8. Urdu Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    The Urdu Wikipedia (Urdu: اردو ویکیپیڈیا), started in January 2004, is the Standard Urdu-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-content encyclopedia. [1] [2] As of 13 January 2025, it has 216,533 articles, 189,228 registered users and 7,465 files, and it is the 54th largest edition of Wikipedia by article count, and ranks 20th in terms of depth among Wikipedias with over ...

  9. World Bank Projects Leave Trail of Misery Around Globe

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    Evicted & Abandoned. Inside The World Bank’s Broken Promise To Protect The Poor. Ethiopia. New Evidence Ties World Bank to Human Rights Abuses in Ethiopia. Peru. How The World Bank Is Financing Environmental Destruction. India. A Power Plant Backed By The World Bank Group Threatens A Way Of Life. Honduras