Heritage record
Ishal Das
Gilgit-BaltistanRock ArtProtected
It is also called Lal Banda and it is situated about 6 km east of Ishal on a smooth slope on the right bank of the Indus scattered with boulders having petroglyphs. Here 101 rock carvings on 13 stones are found. A huge cluster of 44 prehistoric engravings covers a rocky ridge showing animals as the markhor and other caprine, hunting scenes as well as human figures with spread arms and hand impressions.
- Record ID
- 8293
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Diamir
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Rock Art
- Period
- Pre Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 35.53472, 73.73571 — 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 Unpublished.
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