Heritage record
Qasim Dheri (Qasim)
Khyber PakhtunkhwaMoundProtected
An archaeological site, in the form of a mound is located in Qasim village of the Upper Dir district. The site is measuring 14x27.40m. The exposed structural remains at the site shows the foundations of a large hall, built of stone slab, possibly a Buddhist establishment. Potshards and terracotta beads were found from the site. These findings indicate that the site was occupied during Kushan period.
- Record ID
- 2009
- 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
- 35.04547, 72.04515 — 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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