Ashlars Masonry in Puthuhar, and the Colonial Era, A Study of the Monumental Edifices

Abstract

Purpose: The research will focus on ashlars masonry by analyzing a few huge structures of the British Era of Murree and Rawalpindi regions.

Design/Methodology/Approach: This research is an on-sight study concentrating not only on these two structures but also on their method and materials to have a candid view of the art of ashlars masonry in Put?h?h?r. Qualitative content analysis method was used in this study to analyze the editorial policy of these three newspapers.

Findings: The results revealed that Put?h?h?r is a region where stone has satiated the creative instincts of man, a hard material to tame for the desired results. The depository of this piece of land has been utilized to the utmost for creative and utilitarian pursuits. The depository of this piece of land has been utilized to the utmost for creative and utilitarian pursuits. At the earliest various shapes and sizes of it were used for minor practical purposes, and then deployed along small pebbles for construction, either fixed with mortar or without it. It was also sculpted in the ardour to create. But organizing it into blocks of equal shapes and sizes demands added skill, and when for monumental edifices, it demonstrates ability added with patience. It is sculpting a stone into six dimensions, when viewed in the edifices like the factory of Murree Brewery or the Church of Ghur?a Gali.

Implications/Originality/Value: So it is concluded that the compilation of the researche to sort out the entire details of these structures and their whereabouts. The Church of Ghur?a Gali is documented for the first time.