Heritage record
Rudir
Gilgit-BaltistanRock ArtProtected
West of the Khanbari valley 187 carvings were found on 22 stones. The majority of these representations of wild animals as caprine and Markhors, snakes, hunters and hunting scene are belonging to prehistoric periods. Three images of huge bull could date to the Bronze Age. Eight representations of giants are carved in the rock. Up till now such more than 60 giants are reported from the sites in Diamir and Ladakh.
- Record ID
- 8298
- 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
- 35.52265, 73.77550 — 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 Unpublished.
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