Heritage record
Karis group of rock carvings
Gilgit-BaltistanRock ArtProtected
The rock carvings are found along the Karis main road and Ural link road. At Keris Laqrzes two stones with 72 carvings are found, including 69 ibexes and 6 circles. In Ural Thang 11 stones with 57 carvings were found. Mostly animal figures are carved at this site, including ibexes, Markhors, stupas and riders. The site is associated to multiple periods, probably early Iron age to Buddhist.
- Record ID
- 8076
- 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
- 35.24553, 75.91565 — 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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