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Surroundings:

Rock inscriptionsRelief of BuddhaMarket area of Odigram / Udegram (ancient Ora)Odigram / Udegram (ancient Ora)Rock in the shape of an elephant's head

Location:

  • Pakistan, Gokdarra
  • geo:34.746162,72.293503
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -11xx / -50~

Class:

  • Vicus or canabae
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=102117

Annotations

CRAST - Archaeological research and areas of intervention in Swat, Project: Archaeological research in Udegram (https://www.centroscavitorino.it/en/siti-di-scavo/swat-2/ )

FACCENNA Domenico (1964), A Guide to the Excavations in Swat (Pakistan) 1956-1962, Department of Archaeology of Pakistan and Istituto Italiano Per Il Medio Ed Estremo Oriente (IsMEO) (https://pahar.in/pahar/Books%20and%20Articles/Indian%20Subcontinent/1964%20Guide%20to%20Excavations%20in%20Swat%20(Pakistan)%201956-1962%20by%20Faccenna%20s.pdf )


Nearby

Gogdara I rock carvings

Proto-historical rock carvings, mostly representations of animals. Studied by IsMEO.

Udegram ("Bazar") - ancient Ora ? (1 km)

Proto-historical (Assecanian), Hellenistic, Maurya, Indo-Greek and Indo-Parthian, Kushan and Sassanian townsite. Identified as ancient town of Ora by Stein and Tucci. Excavated bu IsMEO. Mostly covered by urbanisation.

Udegram - Raja Ghira fort (1 km)

Kushan, Sassanian and medieval (Hindu Shahi and Ghaznavid) fortress on a rocky high spur, connected to an ample walled perimeter. Probable seat of the principal local authority. Exacvated by IsMEO (1956).


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