Manka

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for the village in Togo see Manka, Togo

The Manka is a chocolate-colored stone with light yellow marks on it, 35½ feet (12 m) in length, 27 inches (69 cm) in diameter and 78 inches (2 m) thick, with a hole 9 inches in diameter through its center. It is sits outside the Delhi Gate of the Walled City of Lahore located in Lahore, Multan District, Punjab province, Pakistan.

People say the saint wore it round his neck, while some maintain that it was his thumb ring. The tomb is asserted to be 1300 years old. It is possible that it may belong to the times of the early Muslim invasion under Muhammad bin Qasim.