Heritage record
Mekha Sanda
Khyber PakhtunkhwaStupa & MonasteryProtected
In the north east of the city of Shahbaz Garhi at a distance of 1.5 km is standing the famous mountain of Mekha sanda.The scientific Mission of Kyoto University led by the Professor Mizuno excavated the site in 1969 and un-earthed the stupa, an assembly hall and few votive stupas.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 10326
- Province / territory
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- District
- Mardan
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Stupa & Monastery
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992) (instrument: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992))
- Coordinates
- 34.23381, 72.16409 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Sarfraz. (2016). An overview of the vanishing archaeological landscape of Shahbaz-garhi. Journal of Asian Civilizations, Vol. 39, no.1.
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