Heritage record
Hanzel Stupa
Gilgit-BaltistanBuddhistProtected
The ruins of this Buddhist stupa are situated in a village Hanzel about 16 km west of Gilgit on the main Gilgit-Ghizir road. The stupa has already been robbed and survives only in the shape of a mound of about 8 m in height. Parts of the facing walls are preserved at its foot. The visible structures show that this stupa was of considerably bigger size showing completely different proportions than the monuments in Jutial and Thol. Due to its size and sturdy form it probably should be connected with the famous Nawpura stupas (4th-5th century CE, about 8 m in height).
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 7631
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Gilgit
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Buddhist
- 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
- 35.96828, 74.20487 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Hauptmann, H.. (Miscellaneous). Pak-German Archaeological Mission to the Northern Areas of the Heidelberg Academy for the Humanities and Sciences. Miscellaneous.
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