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Jamu-gatta painted shelters

Khyber PakhtunkhwaRock ShelterProtected
An archaeological site, consists of two shelters, adjacent to each other. The interior sides of the shelters are painted with figures of wild animals and horse men and the depiction of stupas. These stupas are executed in dark red paintings, while the rest of the images are in light red.
Record ID
3422
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
34.54361, 72.13919 — 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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