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Sharda Cup Marks I

Azad Jammu and KashmirRock ArtProtected
The site is located on the left bank of Neelum River, in the east field terraces of Sharda Temple. The boulder is lying in vertical position with cup marks regularly carved in a row. The cup marks are ten in number. The site is tentatively dated from 4th-2nd Millennium BCE.
Record ID
6612
Province / territory
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
District
Neelum
Typology
Archaeological Site
Subtype
Rock Art
Period
Pre Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
33.85372, 73.77369 — source-provided, not field-verified
Verification status
source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
Sources
Khan, Ashraf, Ghani-ur-Rahman. (2020). Threat to the Cultural Heritage of Pakistan Survey and Documentation of Tangible and Intangible Heritage of Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 2020.

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