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Surroundings:

Remains of Charsadda, probable site of ancient Pushkalavati / Peucelaotis, eastern hillRemains of Charsadda, probable site of ancient Pushkalavati / Peucelaotis, western hillRemains of Charsadda, probable site of ancient Pushkalavati / Peucelaotis, western hillRemains of Charsadda, probable site of ancient Pushkalavati / Peucelaotis, western hill, sherdsCharsadda, northern hill (ancient Peucelaotis)

Location:

  • Pakistan, Charsadda
  • geo:34.1376,71.747299
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -2xx / 11xx

Class:

  • City
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=102152

Annotations


Nearby

Pushkalavati (Bala Hissar site) (3 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.

Pushkalavati - Peucelaitis (Shaikhan Dheri site) (4 km)

Town settlement, occupied from Indo-Greek period until the 2th c. CE, identified as the second foundation of Pushkalavati, also named Peucelaitis during Indo-Greek times. Partially covered by modern urbanisation.

Unidentified site (8 km)

Probable settlement. Located with satellite imagery.


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