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Kharfaq rock Carvings
Gilgit-BaltistanRock ArtProtected
The site of Kharfaq is situated on the right bank of River Shayok along the Balghar road just after cross the Kharfaq Suspension Bridge. The carvings are found between the road and the River Shyok, which are easily seen from the road. The huge boulder preserving carvings of two beautifully carved stupas with swastika symbol, a beautiful flower vase and inscriptions in Tibetan scripts. The stupas are carved in traditional Tibetan style.
- Record ID
- 7846
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Ghanche
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Rock Art
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 35.18875, 76.18563 — 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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