Heritage record
Dumsum
Gilgit-BaltistanRock ArtProtected
Three huge boulders facing north and north-east are having depictions of animals, hunting scenes, anthropomorphic and stupa-like depictions. There are several boulders depicting images of animals, humans, hunters, mounted riders, a swastika, a crescent and dancing scenes. The site could be associated to Neolithic and later periods.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 8081
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Ghanche
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Rock Art
- Period
- Pre Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 35.16024, 76.33047 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Ashraf, Ghani-ur-Rahman. (2020). Threat to the Cultural Heritage of Pakistan Survey and Documentation of Tangible and Intangible Heritage of Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Taxila Institute of Asian Civilization, Quaid-i-Azam University.
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