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Banjot-I

Khyber PakhtunkhwaRock ArtProtected
The extant remains on its two sides are divided in two group side A, or northern side and B, or eastern side. Starting from the side A, reveals three figures, the right one is Maitreya, holds a water flask in the left and lotus flower in the right hand. On his right is seated Avalokitesvara in lalitasana in pensive mood on a high asana, his right hand rests on his right while the left one on his left thigh holds a lotus flower, another small unidentified figure on the right side of the seat. Side B or the eastern side reveals three seated Bodhisattvas, the right one is relatively small figure of Padmapani in lalitasana in pensive mood, his right hand rests on his right while the left one on the left thigh holding a lotus flower. On his right is a figure of Maitreya in lalitasana, a water flask in the right and a lotus flower in the left hand.
Record ID
9785
Province / territory
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District
Swat
Typology
Archaeological Site
Subtype
Rock Art
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
34.80600, 72.44000 — source-provided, not field-verified
Verification status
source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
Sources
C. Faccenna, et.al.. (1993). Geo Archaeology of the Swat Valley (NWFP, Pakistan) in the Charbagh-Barikot Stretch Preliminary Note. East and West, Vol. 43, No. 1-4.

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