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Larkana

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Larkana (lärkä`nə), city (1998 pop. 270,366), S central Pakistan, on the Ghar canal. Famous for the quality of its rice, it is an important grain market and a trading center for silk and cotton goods. Brass and other metalware are manufactured. The city has two colleges affiliated with the Univ. of Sind. Larkana, named for the Larak tribe that inhabited the neighboring area, is the birthplace of former Pakistani prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali (z
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. Remains of the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro (see Indus valley civilization Indus valley civilization, ancient civilization that flourished from about 2500 B.C. to about 1500 B.C. in the valley of the Indus River and its tributaries, in the northwestern portion of the Indian subcontinent, i.e., present-day Pakistan.
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) have been uncovered c.15 mi (24 km) S of Larkana.


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95), Immortal Light: The Blissful Life and Wisdom of Swami Amar Jyoti is the life story of Swami Amar Jyoti (1928-2001), one of the most prominent gurus who brought understanding of of Yoga and Vedanta to the West, born into a Hindu family in Larkana, Sindh Province, before the partitioning of India and Pakistan by the British.
In her hometown of Larkana, 500 miles south of Islamabad, Bhutto's spokesman Munawar Suhurwardy said Sharif was sweeping Punjab, Sharif's home province and Pakistan's largest.
 
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