Heritage record
Butkara-I
Khyber PakhtunkhwaStupa & MonasteryProtected
This site is one of the most ancient Buddhist sites in the region, excavated by eminent archaeologists from Italy for many years. It`s great stupa is standing in the middle surrounded by votive stupas, viharas and columns. The floor is paved with schist slabs. On it`s eastern side, there is a large rectangular water tank. A large number of sculptures were found from this site and now are housed in Swat Museum.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 3304
- 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
- 34.76573, 72.36793 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Muhammad Ashraf. (1993). Buddhist Shrines in Swat. Archaeological Museum, Swat, Saidu Sharif, Pakistan.
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