Ngo-2004, umgwaqo iMakran Coastal Highway wakhiwa ePakistan. Lo mgwaqo omusha uxhumanise iKarachi nedolobha eliyitheku laseGwadar, waphinde wasiza izivakashi ukuthi zifinyelele eHingol National Park, eqhele ngamakhilomitha angama-240 ukusuka eKarachi. Leli paki liyikhaya le-'Balochistan Sphinx' emangalisayo, ukwakheka kwamatshe amakhulu.
Buduze nalokhu kugqashuka kwamatshe okungavamile kunesinye isakhiwo esingavamile esibizwa ngokuthi 'iNkosazana Yethemba' (eboniswe esithombeni esingezansi). Nakuba lezi zakhiwo ezibukeka ziyinqaba kukholakala ukuthi ziwumphumela womoya nemvula eqopha indawo, umuntu uyazibuza ukuthi kukhona yini okwengeziwe endabeni.
Namuhla, abavubukuli bahlola ubufakazi obuningi, ephakamisa ukuthi impucuko yayikhona ezikhathini zasendulo ngaphambi komlando oqoshiwe, futhi lobo buchwepheshe obuphambili basetshenziswa izinkulungwane zeminyaka ngaphambi kokuba busungulwe ngokusemthethweni. Ukwengeza, i-Great Sphinx yase-Egypt ithola ukunakwa okwengeziwe ngenxa yezindlela zesimo sezulu ezikhomba ku- usuku lwangaphambili kakhulu lokudalwa kwayo.
U-Bibhu Dev Misra, umbhali waseNdiya kanye nomcwaningi ozimele, ubeke amazwana ukuthi i-Sphinx yase-Balochistan e-Pakistan ingaba yindala kakhulu kune-Egypt elingana nayo uma indawo yayo icatshangwa. Uchaze le ndawo ngokuthi “isakhiwo esikhulu, esisikwe ngamadwala, sezakhiwo”.
Kuye yekubhala, u-Dev Misra unikeze i-akhawunti ye-Sphinx, ethi:
Ukubuka ngeso lengqondo isithombe esibaziwe esihlaba umxhwele sibonisa ukuthi i-Sphinx inomhlathi ochazwe kahle, nezici zobuso ezibonakala ngokucacile njengamehlo, ikhala, nomlomo, ezibekwe ngokulingana okubonakala kuphelele komunye nomunye.
Ngokusho kuka-Dev Misra, njenge-Sphinx e-Giza, ukwakheka kwePakistan kubonakala kufaka i-headdress efana ne-Nemes-head-dress egqokwa oFaro basendulo, enezimpawu zayo ezinemigqa engutsheni emboza umqhele kanye nengemuva lekhanda lomuntu oyifakile. Ama-flap alenga phansi eduze kwezindlebe nawo abonakala ngokucacile ku-Balochistan Sphinx, kuyilapho i-groove evundlile efana nebhande lekhanda lika-pharaonic lingabonakala lihlobise isiphongo.
Imilenze nezidladla zesilo sasenganekwaneni nakho kuchazwe ngokucacile. U-Dev Misra uthi:
Umuntu angakwazi ukwenza kalula ama-contours emilenze yangaphambili ehlezi ye-Sphinx, ephela ngezidladla ezichazwe kahle kakhulu. Kunzima ukubona ukuthi imvelo yayingabaza kanjani umfanekiso ofana nesilwane sasenganekwaneni esaziwayo ngokwezinga elinembe ngendlela emangalisayo.
U-Dev Misra uphinde waveza ukuthi i-Sphinx ime phezu kwesiteji sethempeli esihlaba umxhwele esinezici ezithile ezingajwayelekile. Njengoba kubonisiwe ngezansi, kunezingqimba ezihlukile kanye nezakhiwo ezifana namakholomu edwaleni ngaphansi kokwakheka kwe-Sphinx.
Ukuba khona kwezici ezilinganayo kuyo yonke indawo kungahunyushwa njengomphumela womzamo womuntu, ngaleyo ndlela kushaye indiva umbono ovamile wokuthi isayithi ladalwa ngokwemvelo. Ukwakheka okumise okulinganayo okufana nezinyathelo kunikeza inkolelo emcabangweni wokuthi indawo ingaphezu nje kokufana nethempeli ngengozi.
U-Dev Misra uthe izinyathelo zihlukaniswe ngokulinganayo futhi zinosayizi olinganayo, okunikeza isayithi umuzwa wobuhle. Kwaba sobala ukuthi isakhiwo esinamadwala sasichayeke esimweni sezulu esibi futhi sasifihlwe ungqimba lwenhlabathi, kufihla imininingwane eyinkimbinkimbi ngokwengeziwe yezithombe eziqoshiwe.
Nakuba abacwaningi abajwayelekile bathole lezi zakhiwo ze-Baluchistan azilutho kodwa ukwakheka kwamatshe emvelo ezifundweni zabo ze-geological, ongqondongqondo abangaphandle kwebhokisi njengo-Dev Misra bakholelwa ngokuqinile ukuthi umsebenzi wokuphenya nokuhlaziya okulungile kwale ndawo ekude ePakistan kungase kube ukutholakala kwenye impucuko ekhohliwe eyayikhona ngisho nangaphambi kwesikhathi saseGibhithe lasendulo noma Gobekli Tepe eTurkey. Kuyindaba yesikhathi kuphela ukunquma umphumela.
