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Bihal Baoli Inscription, Khoi Ratta

Azad Jammu and KashmirRock ArtProtected
The baoli is located in village Bihal, Khuiratta at a distance of 4 km, in the east direction and 29 km from Kotli city. The inscription plaque is part of Bihal baoli (bawri). It is explored during the survey of Kashmir in 2013. Following lines have been preliminary attempted for its transliteration and translation of the inscription, Line 1: First alphabet is missing but give an impression of Swasti was written. Line 2: Missing alphabet and rest seems to be the name of King of that time written as Jaa Daal Rajnak. Line 3: Missing alphabet with word Gan Garb (means inside one`s body). Line 4: Yachudiya shannus fankamal (These may be the Sanskrit words, but what it speaks, is unknown).Line 5: Chavaschy Raath (Meaning is un-deciphered) Line 6: Dae driya che damendra (Work in progress).The site is tentatively assigned to the 10th -14th century CE.
Record ID
6632
Province / territory
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
District
Kotli
Typology
Archaeological Site
Subtype
Rock Art
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
33.35862, 74.02763 — 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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