Heritage record
Bawali Baoli
Azad Jammu and KashmirBaoli (Stepped Well)Protected
The baoli is located in the Baoli village, 1 km from the main city and its nearest village is satha Baoli village. The baoli is rectangular in shape, constructed with burnt bricks masonry laid in lime mortar. The baoli is built on the ancient route leading to pooch city. There are eighteen steps leading to the level of water. The stairs are made of schist stone masonry. Pointed arched structure is built to support the walls of the baoli. The well is octagonal in shape, built in small size burnt bricks with lime mortars.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 6703
- Province / territory
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir
- District
- Bhimber
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Baoli (Stepped Well)
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 32.97875, 74.07247 — 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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