Heritage record
Kafiro Dherai-II (Malakpur) Near Pir Baba (R.A)
Khyber PakhtunkhwaStupa & MonasteryProtected
A Buddhist period archaeological site, contains a stupa on south-west side surviving in better condition. The walls of the square plinth and round drum are in good state of preservation. Yellowish fine stones are used in the structures. The drum of the stupa measures some 50m in dia. and the surviving upper portion is more than 15m. There is a big monastic complex on west, quite low in a court, measuring about 40mx 40m square with surviving height of the walls up to 0.70m thick.
- Record ID
- 5227
- 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
- 34.57271, 72.43695 — 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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