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Chhorbat hasan abad rock carvings

Gilgit-BaltistanRock ArtProtected
Hassan Abad Village is located along the road to Siksa, though Chhorbat valley caravan travelled to Nubra valley and Ladakh before independence in 1948. In ancient time travelers, pilgrims and traders used this route to travel to Chinese Turkistan through Karakoram Pass. Here we found one stone with 21 stupas and 20 ibexes. The elevation is 2642 m. All the stupa carvings are carved in Tibetan style.
Record ID
7848
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
34.99004, 76.53304 — 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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