Heritage record
Garai Sar, Towa
Khyber PakhtunkhwaStupa & MonasteryProtected
A Buddhist site, spread over about 10 sq.km and littered with potshards, pottery slag, dressed stone blocks and slabs. A circular stepped platform in diaper masonry, along with potshards, grinding stones, and chattras can be observed. The platform may be the plinth of a vanished stupa is also visible.
- Record ID
- 3142
- Province / territory
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- District
- Shangla
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Stupa & Monastery
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 34.77028, 72.68673 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Swati, M.F., et al. (2002). Note on Exploration in the Shangla District and the Swat Valley. Ancient Pakistan, Vol XV.
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