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Surroundings:

Barikot / Bir-Kot (ancient Bazira), seen from the westSwat valleyBarikot / Bir-Kot (ancient Bazira), seen from the eastRock in the shape of an elephant's head

Location:

  • Pakistan, Sperk
  • geo:34.630756,72.231712
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 2xx? / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=102175

Annotations


Nearby

Tokar-dara complex

Buddhist complex, built in the 1st c. CE. Studied by M. Ashraf Khan and M. Farooq Swati (2012).

Gumbat stupa complex (4 km)

Buddhist complex built in the late 1st c. CE, comprising three monumental terraces, stupas and a central shrine. First recorded by A. Stein (1929). Excavated by IsMEO.

Bir-kot-ghwandai - Ancient Bazira (5 km)

Late Bronze Age, proto-historical, Mauryan, Indo-greek and up to 15th c. archaeological site (12 ha), comprised of an acropolis and a lower town. Identified as ancient Bazira / Beira city of greek sources. Excavated by IsMEO since 1984.


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