Heritage record
Houdar South
Gilgit-BaltistanRock ArtProtected
This site is situated between the river Indus and the Karakoram Highway, about 10 km from the Municipal barrier, Chilas. From this place a suspension bridge leads to Hodar. East of the bridge on the left bank of river Indus a concentration of petroglyphs having ibexes, stupas, inscriptions are found. Dani gave the name Chilas- X. A Kharoshti inscription just facing the Karakoram Highway, gives a clear reading, Uvimadasakasa. Although no royal title is attached to this name. As, the Kharoshti style is of the Kushana period, chronologically there is no difficulty. This Kushana name is spelt as Uvima Kavithisasa in the Khalatse inscription.
- Record ID
- 8289
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Diamir
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Rock Art
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 35.48289, 74.00825 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Arif, Muhammad.. (2017). Archaeological Survey of Gilgit-Baltistan by Baltistan Culture and Development Foundation. Unpublished.
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