Pushkalavati - Peucelaitis (Shaikhan Dheri site)

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Surroundings:

Charsadda, northern hill (ancient Peucelaotis)

Remains of Charsadda, probable site of ancient Pushkalavati / Peucelaotis, eastern hill

Remains of Charsadda, probable site of ancient Pushkalavati / Peucelaotis, western hill

Remains of Charsadda, probable site of ancient Pushkalavati / Peucelaotis, western hill, sherds

Location:

Pakistan, Shaikhan
geo:34.177528,71.743614
Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

-200~ / 2xx~

Class:

City
visible

Identifiers:

vici:place=102151

Annotations

WIKIPEDIA - Pushkalavati ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushkalavati )

DANI Ahmad Hasan (1963), Archaeological guide series n°1 – Pushkalavati, Peshawar University ( https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.42448/mode/2up )

DANI Ahmad Hasan (1965), Shaikhan Dheri Excavation 1963 & 1964 Seasons , Ancient Pakistan, vol. 2 ( http://ojs.uop.edu.pk/ancientpakistan/article/view/331 )

Nearby

Pushkalavati (Bala Hissar site) (1 km)

Late Bronze / Iron Age to 2nd c. BCE town settlement. Identified as the first site of ancient capital of Gandhara : Pushkalavati (Sanskrit "Lotus City"), before its second foundation at Shaikhan Dheri site.

Majuki Dherai (4 km)

Indo-Greek to ealy medieval Islamic town settlement. Current large archaeological mound, its northern part covered by Charsadda cemetery, its southern part covered by urbanisation.

Unidentified site (6 km)

Probable settlement. Located with satellite imagery.