Heritage record
Petroglyphs (Attock)
PunjabRock ArtProtected
A number of erratic boulders of varying sizes were encountered in the south western part of the project area, between Dakhner and Gariala with major concentration around Gariala and Barotha. Some of the faceted boulders bear petroglyphs depicting human and animals in abstract rendering, a similar faceted boulder with petro glyphic depicting of hunters figure with a bow on its three sides was located in the bed of Gariala Nullah.
- Record ID
- 6705
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Attock
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Rock Art
- Period
- Pre Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 33.76861, 72.25194 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Halim, M.A and Gulzar M. Khan. (1992). Ghazi-Gariala Hydropower Project Archaeological Studies. Pakistan Archaeology, Number 27 - 1992, DOAM, Karachi.
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