Heritage record
Tofkian Mound
Khyber PakhtunkhwaStupa & MonasteryProtected
A large building was brought to light. Its remains comprise parts of two courts with attached chambers, a larger one to the west and a smaller one to the east, with a passage and a row for chambers between them. The dimension reveals that it was a very big building. The foundations of the walls are of limestone rumble, but above ground-level the walls are faced with the strong semi-ashlar masonry, first came into fashion in 2nd century CE. the wall stretching across the north side of the eastern court appears to be the foundations of a raised plinth, which probably supported a pillared verandah. And there is a small chamber enclosed in heavy walls at the south-west corner of the same court, which, it may be surmised served as a strong rooms.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 9690
- 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
- 33.78964, 72.85521 — 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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