Heritage record
Butkara III
Khyber PakhtunkhwaStupa & MonasteryProtected
An archaeological site, divided into two A and B, areas. Area A, consists of open stupa court, underground chambers and shrines. Area B, consists of houses, 6 rooms in a row. A large number of stone sculptures, garland bearers, panels showing Jatakas had been found during excavations by Prof. Dr. Abdur Rahman, Department of Archaeology, University of Peshawar. The sculptures are now housed in Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Museum of Peshawar University.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 3305
- 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
- 34.75858, 72.37147 — 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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