Heritage record
Badshahi Ghat
Khyber PakhtunkhwaStupa & MonasteryProtected
A Buddhist period archaeological site, spread over an area of 1km, name of Badshahi Ghat means `King Throne` (derived from a huge flat rock), measuring 640x530x365cm. Site comprised of a complete city, surviving structures revealed several residential rooms, stupas and adjacent monastic areas. Few sculptures from the surface have been reported.
- Record ID
- 3670
- Province / territory
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- District
- Bajaur Agency
- Tehsil
- Nawagai
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Stupa & Monastery
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 34.74352, 71.31017 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Rehman, S. et. al. (1996). The Archaeological Explorations in Bajaur Agency. Archaeological Reconnaissance in Gandhara, DOAM, Karachi.
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