Heritage record
Ban Faqiran Water Tank
IslamabadWater TankProtected
A water tank measuring 26.9m x 26.9m, located in east of the mosque Ban Faqiran. It is square in plan, lined with dressed lime stone blocks. Preserved height of the western wall is about 1.2m. It seems that the water tank belongs to the Buddhist stupa, situated some 50m south-east of the water tank.
- Record ID
- 6340
- Province / territory
- Islamabad
- District
- Islamabad
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Water Tank
- 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
- 33.72369, 72.89503 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Muhammad Ashraf et.al. (2012). Archaeological Remains of Islamabad Capital Territory and Rawalpindi District. Journal of Asian Civilizations, Vol. 35, No. 1, July 2012.
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