Pushkalavati (Bala Hissar site)

Charsadda, northern hill (ancient Peucelaotis)

Remains of Charsadda, probable site of ancient Pushkalavati / Peucelaotis, eastern hill Town
Date:
Category: Indus Civilization
Institution:
Place of discovery: Peucelaotis
Collection: Livius

Remains of Charsadda, probable site of ancient Pushkalavati / Peucelaotis, western hill Town
Date:
Category: Indus Civilization
Institution:
Place of discovery: Peucelaotis
Collection: Livius

Remains of Charsadda, probable site of ancient Pushkalavati / Peucelaotis, western hill, sherds Town
Date:
Category: Indus Civilization
Institution:
Place of discovery: Peucelaotis
Collection: Livius

Location:

Pakistan, Akbarabad
geo:34.16803,71.737823
Location ± 25-100 m.

Period or year:

-1400~ / -1xx

Class:

City
visible

Identifiers:

vici:place=3292
pleiades:place=59993
livius:place=peucelaotis-charsadda
wikidata:entity=Q625407
omnesviae:id=TPPlace2765

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 )

Nearby

Pushkalavati - Peucelaitis (Shaikhan Dheri site) (1 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.

Majuki Dherai (3 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.