Heritage record
Garhian (Lal Chak Stupa Monastery)
Khyber PakhtunkhwaStupa & MonasteryProtected
Lal Chak is the local name given to a group of four small mounds, situated close to Sirsukh site in the north-east corner. These four mounds covered the remains of a small and unimportant Buddhist settlement comprising stupas, shrines and monasteries dating from 3rd or 4th century CE. the best preserved among them is a little monastery in the northern part of the site. It is standing to a height of between 2 and 2.25 m above the ground level and contains the indication of some chambers. To the south-east of this monastery and about 35 m distant from it is a stupa standing in the middle of a rectangular compound. The stupa is square in plan with a broad flight of steps on its northern side.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 9689
- Province / territory
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- District
- Haripur
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Stupa & Monastery
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992) (instrument: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992))
- Coordinates
- 33.76462, 72.81929 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Ahmad Nabi. (1987). Archaeological Sites and Historical Monuments Protected Under the Antiquities Act, 1975. Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.
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