Heritage record
Arakh
Khyber PakhtunkhwaSettlementProtected
An archaeological site, in the form of a mound, located near Arakh in the Upper Dir region. The surviving remains measures 10.60x42.80m. There are few exposed walled structures at the site, in ruined condition. The northern walled structures built in diaper masonry are intact. Findings from the site include potshards of different types, scattered on different points at the surface of the site, suggesting that site was occupied during Kushan period.
- Record ID
- 1871
- Province / territory
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- District
- Upper Dir
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Settlement
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 34.94735, 72.09843 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Saleh Muhammad & Bakht Muhammad. (2015). Archaeological Survey of Tehsil Wari, Upper Dir District (Campaign 2006-07). Frontier Archaeology, Vol V.
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