Heritage record
Malang Dheri (Naseer Abad)
Khyber PakhtunkhwaStupa & MonasteryProtected
An archaeological site, located in the village Naseer Abad in the Upper Dir district. The site is measuring 33x15.20m and consists of a few structures and foundations of a stupa in the center of a mound built with large size stone blocks in diaper masonry style. The potshards are visible on the surface of the site. The findings recovered from the site and structural remains indicate the establishment of Buddhist Stupa and monastery to Kushan period.
- Record ID
- 2018
- Province / territory
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- District
- Upper Dir
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Stupa & Monastery
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 34.99840, 71.99475 — 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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