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Rock in the shape of an elephant's head

Location:

  • Pakistan, Barikot
  • geo:34.678238,72.212097
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • -11xx / 14xx

Class:

  • City
  • visible

Annotations

OLIVIERI Luca (1996), Notes on the Problematical Sequence of Alexander's Itinerary in Swat. A Geo-Historical Approach, East and West, 34 p. (https://www.jstor.org/stable/29757254 )

OLIVIERI L. M. & IORI Elisa (2021), Patterns of Early Urbanisation in Swat: A Reassessment of the Data from the Recent Excavations at Barikot, Ancient Pakistan, Vol. XXXII, 2021: 33–55 (http://ojs.uop.edu.pk/ancientpakistan/article/view/583 )

OLIVIERI L. M. & IORI Elisa (2020), Early-historic Data from the 2016 Excavation Campaigns at the Urban Site of Barikot, Swat (Pakistan): A Shifting Perspective, in Greaves Andrade, L.R. and Hardy, A. (eds), Religions, Society, Trade and Kingship: Archaeology and Art in South Asia and along the Silk Road, 3500 BCE–5th Century CE, South Asian Archaeology and Art 2016. Dev, New Delhi: 79-103. (https://www.academia.edu/53260614/Early_historic_Data_from_the_2016_Excavation_Campaigns_at_the_Urban_Site_of_Barikot_Swat_Pakistan_A_Shifting_Perspective )

Indian fortress, captured by Alexander the Great


Nearby

Gumbatana Buddhist complex (2 km)

Buddhist stupa , built in five storeys. A monastery is on the northern side and heavily encroached by modern houses. Studied by Faccenna, Domenico & Piero Spagnesi.

Shingardar Stupa (3 km)

Greek-style 9th c. decorated Buddhist stupa.

Tokar-dara complex (4 km)

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


This object was added by Jona Lendering on 2014-07-19. Last update by Julien De Chocqueuse on 2025-12-06. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/18832 . Download as RDF/XML, KML.
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