Heritage record
Balghar Rock Carvings
Gilgit-BaltistanRock ArtProtected
These rock carvings reported by late Babu Noor Ali in 1900`s. The site is situated in west of the Balghar Chhogho Grong along the mountain. Here were found five carvings of beautiful stupas in Tibetan style. The elevation is 2524 m. All the carvings are carved on the mountain cliff near the mountain foot and well preserved.
- Record ID
- 7847
- 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
- 35.23438, 76.18606 — 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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