Pakistan is blessed with numerous archeological sites, although the process of preservation and conservation of these sites is not up to the mark as compared to the rest of the world. Among many religious and architectural heritage of Pakistan, the Katas raj Temples Complex is one of the ancient and biggest constructed marvels associated with the Hindu religion dated back to Hindu Shahi Dynasty 615-950 CE. It is located in Choa Saidan Shah, Chakwal, which consists of several Hindu temples. Katas Raj was initially consisted of seven wonderful temples depicting mythology, epigraphy, iconography, art and architecture of Hinduism in ancient Pakistan but unfortunately till date only four temples have been survived.

All temples are interconnected to one another by walkways and surround a water pond which is said to be created from the teardrops of Lord Shiva when he wandered the earth brokenhearted after the death of his wife. The temple complex holds a sanctified place in Hinduism because of its scared water of pond and it plays a role in the Hindu epic tale, the Mahabharata; which stated the Pandavas exiled from their kingdom that took refuge here and spent other 12 years. It is considered the second most important site of Hindu temples around the globe. It has always been the site of holy pilgrimage for people of Hindu faith from northern Punjab. It is believed that Shiva lived the years of his marital life with Sati here. Initially, there were seven temples in Katas Raj, three of them vanished and the four are still present. These temples resembled the temples that are present in Kashmir. The names of four surviving temples are Shiva Temple, Ram Chandara Temple, Sat- Ghara Temple and Hanuman Temple.

The smaller temples, built in pairs around the larger central temple, were built around 900 years or so ago, although the earliest of them dates back to the latter half of the 6th century AD. The temple complex was abandoned by Hindus when they migrated to East Punjab in 1947 and no one stayed back. The relationship of Hindus with local Muslim population was very good. Local Muslims even accompanied them to next town Choa Saiden Shah from where the Katas Hindu population proceeded further to India.

The oldest material used in the construction of buildings is stone. Kanjoor stone was used in the walls of temples. Stone was laid with a mixture of bones, lime, coal, cereals. Moreover .Shiva linga is a stone which is usually a black marble but the linga inside the Katas temple was made of sand stone. Red stone was used at the entrance of the temple Ram Chandara as a threshold.

Moreover during the excavation of site related to Ashoka in 2002, the great stupa was extracted. Different stones were extracted during excavation of Katas fort e.g stone of Chaki, different coins, carving stones, statue of Buddha. Archeology diggings have revealed some stonework houses nearby the site where dry stone storage were found, as one of the oldest building structure. The site was in use during the Sikh rule as well but in later period the downfall of Hinduism has been started with the end of Sikh rule in Punjab. The site of Katas later surveyed and documented by the archeologists as its record can be found in the reports of Archeological Survey of India. According to the Kitab-ul-Hind (The book of Hind) AlBeruni spent time in this particular region and learnt Sanskrit and tried to measure the circumference of the Earth as a part of his research.