Heritage record
Churka Rock Carvings, Shiger
Gilgit-BaltistanRock ArtProtected
At Chhurka Ree, there is a boulder with 48 carvings, mostly ibexes. Other carvings including human figures, hand impressions, horse and riders. Probably the site is associated to period contemporary with expansion of Achaemenids Empire.
- Record ID
- 8053
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Shigar
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Rock Art
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 35.45925, 75.72283 — 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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