Heritage record
Shigri Bala Astana
Gilgit-BaltistanTombProtected
This building is located on the left side of the main road leading into the last village of Hushe valley. It is surrounded by many graveyards - old and new. The Astana has a prominent Tibetan tower on its roof. To its south runs a stream, and a cluster settlement is situated to its northeast.
- Record ID
- 8184
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Ghanche
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Tomb
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 35.26964, 76.21504 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Dani, Ahmed Hassan. (2001). History of Northern Areas of Pakistan: Up to 2000 A.D. Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore.
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