Heritage record
Sheri Khan Tarakai (Jani Khel wazir)
Khyber PakhtunkhwaSettlementProtected
An archaeological site, situated in the east, while F.R. area in Bannu District 10 km north west of Jani-Kheil. It is the earliest site discovered in the area. The site has already been excavated by a joint team of the Institute of Archaeology London University and British Museum in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology, Peshawar University. The pottery discovered from the site has no parallel in Pakistan and has strong affinities with Iran. It can be dated back to 4th millennium BCE. The site was protected in 1986.
- Record ID
- 9718
- Province / territory
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- District
- Bannu
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Settlement
- Period
- Proto 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
- 32.84222, 70.47386 — 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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