Heritage record
Kenthla Baoli
Khyber PakhtunkhwaBaoli (Stepped Well)Protected
A baoli, measuring 11.3m x 3.50m with a depth of 04m, is in much better condition and architectural features are well preserved, exhibiting a circular well of 2.50 dia. and a separate access through comparably descending flight of 35 steps. It is rectangular in shape and has been constructed in dressed lime stone masonry laid in lime mortar. A stairway descends directly from the platform and ends up at a similar small landing built up at a short level above the water table.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 6228
- Province / territory
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- District
- Haripur
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Baoli (Stepped Well)
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992) (instrument: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992))
- Coordinates
- 33.73619, 72.94390 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Muhammad Ashraf et.al. (2010). Archaeological Remains and Monuments of Islamabad Capital Territory and District Rawalpindi. Journal of Asian Civilizations, Vol. 33, No. 2, Dec 2010.
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