Heritage record
Gumbat Balokalay
Khyber PakhtunkhwaStupa & MonasteryProtected
A Buddhist period archaeological site, comprising a vihara and housing the remains of three stupas; two of them are large. Traces of vaulted chambers were identified in the corners of the outer walls. Pottery is also scattered all over the surface. Nearby is a small masonry tank which was once probably connected to a nearby natural spring functional during Buddhist period.
- Record ID
- 4193
- 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
- 34.64434, 72.18093 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Olivieri, Luca M, et.al. (2006). Archaeology and Settlement History in a Test Area of the Swat Valley: Preliminary Report on the AMSV Project (Phase 1). East and West ,Vol. 56, No. 1/3.
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