Heritage record
Stupa of Saidu Sharif I
Khyber PakhtunkhwaStupa & MonasteryProtected
A large Buddhist complex, with a main stupa surrounded by several stupas of medium size. The main stupa is provided with stairways, oriented in different directions. It is built in ashlar masonry. The plinth of the stupa is rectangular, while the immediate part above the plinth is circular in plan. The monastery is located on the eastern side of the main stupa. Monk cells are aligned with the courtyard and a water tank located in the center.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 3295
- Province / territory
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- District
- Swat
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Stupa & Monastery
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Antiquities Act, 2016 (instrument: Protected by The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Antiquities Act, 2016)
- Coordinates
- 34.58333, 72.35000 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Faccenna, Domenico & Piero Spagnesi. (2014). Buddhist Architecture In the Swat Valley, Pakistan. ACT, Italian Archaeological Mission in Pakistan, DOAM, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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