Heritage record
Kafir Dheri (Naseer Abad)
Khyber PakhtunkhwaMoundProtected
An archaeological site, in the form of a mound locally known as Kafir Dheri, situated in Naseer Abad village of the Upper Dir district. The site is measuring 17x45m. There are exposed structural remains of an unidentified building with interconnected rooms, built in diaper masonry. This is probably a Buddhist establishment as suggested by few sculptures collected from the upper portion of the site. Potshards are also found from the site, indicate that the site belongs to Kushan period.
- Record ID
- 2012
- 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
- 34.98587, 71.99792 — 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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