Heritage record
Tope Dara Site
Khyber PakhtunkhwaStupa & MonasteryProtected
A Buddhist period archaeological site, in ruined condition, comprising a main stupa built on a massive square base. It is a huge stupa, having a hemispherical dome and triple base. The fine lime plaster on the western side is well preserved. There is a votive stupa on the north and north-west of the main stupa having square plinth and is intact.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 5194
- Province / territory
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- District
- Buner
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Stupa & Monastery
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 34.57043, 72.51174 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Rehman, S. et. al. (1996). The Archaeological Explorations in Buner (1991-92 and 1992-93). Archaeological Reconnaissance in Gandhara, DOAM, Karachi.
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