Heritage record
Gidaro-Nao-I Painted Rock Shelter
Khyber PakhtunkhwaRock ShelterProtected
A rock shelter, measures 8m x 7.5m x 7m. In the interior of the shelter, there are painted motifs showing hunting scenes and wild animals such as humped bull and elephants, being chased by hunters. The outline of an inscription is also traceable.
- Record ID
- 3402
- Province / territory
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- District
- Malakand
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Rock Shelter
- Period
- Proto Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 34.56364, 72.12203 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Naz, Fozia, Badsha Sardar. (2020). Preliminary Report on the Recent Archaeological Survey of District Malakand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (2016-17). Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language, Vol VII (1).
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