The book of Mr. Sultan Ahmed Shahwani titled as " The
missing impression of Jhalawan " is a masterpiece of research work. Research
is a difficult task and researchers have to face hardships to collect correct
information, genuine data, search the proper reference books, get the relevant
material, meet the relevant persons who are well acquainted with the subject
and then compile and connect the links and infer the required results. Every
research work is actually based on earlier research works or completion of
incomplete tasks. The source of knowledge, information and archaeological
materials have much importance for a researchers.
Sultan Ahmed Shahwani has unearthed and disclosed new
realities about archeology, art, sculpture and history of Jhalawan. I was
really impressed to read the efforts of
the writer regarding his visits and stays in the area of ' Dhadoor in
impassible terrain of kerkh'. Mr
Shahwani was determined to complete the adventurous task and the way he
explained the prehistoric facts inferred
from ruins of “Dhadoor” will definitely pave the way for future researchs.
The language of the book is simpler and comprehensive and a
common reader can understand the objective of research.
Another quality of the book is that there is continuity of
thought, reader may not loose intrest at any stage. The history,
civilization archeology, terrains, the
geographical beauties are kept in proper order.
The arceological deposits connect the area with
civilizations of Meher Garrah and Moen Jo Darro.
Mr Sultan Shahwani has also coined a new term of Antique
Mauphia, who are destroying and erasing the history and he has appealed the
Government to take action against the said Mauphias.
However I have
observations that the writer has
not included the chapter of sources of information and bibliography , which was
otherwise mandatory according to research methodology in order to assist the researchers
in future and the names of mountains and geographical areas are hard to be
pronounced. He had to include a list of such names with Urdu pronunciation to
make it further easier for the readers .
