Heritage record
Chitarpari Rock Carvings
Azad Jammu and KashmirRock ArtProtected
The sand-stone boulder appears to be a rock shelter apparently, broken into two parts; the upper part of boulder depicts zoomorphic, anthropomorphic, giant or human demonic figures along with geometrical depictions. Anthropomorphic carvings include a female in dancing pose on the northern edge of the boulder and two mounted horsemen along with a goat and a circle in solar round shape. Two horizontal structures are also found on the rock surface. Cup marks twelve in number in varying sizes are also seen. Similar rock art has been recorded in Gilgit-Baltistan, Ladakh and the Himalayan region of Uttar Pradesh. The rock carvings are largely defaced making it difficult to read or even recognize many motifs. The site is dated from 3rd to 1st millennium BCE.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 5458
- Province / territory
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir
- District
- Mirpur
- Tehsil
- Mirpur
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Rock Art
- Period
- Pre Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 34.14431, 73.85700 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Muhammad Ashraf et.al. (2020). Survey and Documentation of Tangible and Intangible Heritage of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Northern Areas of Pakistan. Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, QAU, Islamabad.
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