Heritage record
Buddhist inscribed Rock at Shahdaur, Shadaur Agror
Khyber PakhtunkhwaRock ArtProtected
An inscribed rock, containing two Kharoshthi inscriptions in the Agrore valley of Hazara District about a mile from the village of shahdaur. Both inscriptions are on a large boulder. The greatest length of the exposed surface of the rock is 5.1 m and its greatest width is 3.9 m. The rock tapers somewhat towards its southern end. An Inscription consists of five lines of script on the upper surface of the boulder, while the other inscription in two lines. According to Dr. konow, the first inscription is dated in the year 60 and in the reign of a ruler named Namijada, whose name is seemingly Iranian. The second inscription on the top of the rock appears to be a little later. Any date which may have existed is now uncertain but Dr. konow assigned these inscriptions to the period of Saka rule and connect them with the epigraph from Maira and the Mansehra inscription of the year 68.
- Record ID
- 9721
- Province / territory
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- District
- Mansehra
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Rock Art
- 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
- 34.43229, 72.98553 — 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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