Heritage record
Basira Mound-I
PunjabSettlementProtected
An archaeological site situated 10 km south of the Taxila city and one km south of the Dhok Basira on the western edge of the Basira-Chhokar shingled road. It measures 60 x 10 m with maximum height of 1 m. Most of the site has been leveled for cultivation and only the small portion has survived in bad state of preservation. It is littered with shards of big pots in red ware with thick and medium textures and potshards with incised decoration were found at the site.
- Record ID
- 7654
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Rawalpindi
- Tehsil
- Taxila
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Settlement
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 33.81861, 72.62000 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Muhammad Ashraf et.al. (2002). Survey and Documentation of Archaeology Sites and Monuments in District Attock. Unpublished Survey by Department of Archaeology and Museums.
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