Heritage record
Chaper Kas
Khyber PakhtunkhwaMoundProtected
An archaeological site, in ruined condition, situated in Chaper village with the surviving remains, measuring 10.90x1.60. The site is in very dilapidated condition and nothing of the site is intact except a wall of diaper masonry. The walls are either renovated or demolished by the locals. Few potshards are visible at different points of the site. The findings suggest a Buddhist establishment belonged to Kushan period.
- Record ID
- 1918
- Province / territory
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- District
- Upper Dir
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Mound
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 34.99980, 72.08628 — 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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