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Location

  • Afghanistan, Qal‘ah-ye Abdullāh
  • geo:34.507202,69.190956

Period or year

  • -5xx / open

Classification

  • fort
  • Visible

Bala Hissar, Kabul

data access 90699

Nearby sites

  • Kabul (BALL-483)
    Achaemenid, Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek, Hunnic, Turk and Hindi Shahi, medieval Islamic, Mongol and post-Mongol old city. Uncertain character of the site due to modern overbuilding.
    Afghanistan, Kabul
  • Khwaja Safa (BALL-2138)
    Kushan and Turk-Shahi Buddhist monastery complex, built upon by an Islamic shrine.
    Afghanistan, Qal‘ah-ye Muḩammaḏ Shafī‘
  • Tepe Maranjan (BALL-1173)
    Kushano-Sasanian, Hunnic & Turk-Shahi Buddhist monastery complex, with a series of mounds to the East. Destroyed in recent times. Excavated by Carl (DAFA, 1933).
    Afghanistan, Kabul
  • Hashmatkhan (BALL-418)
    Kushani-Sasanian, Turk & Hindu Shahi, and Timurid settlement. Complex of Buddhist monastery and stupa, caves and cells, and Timurid tombs. Excavated by Gerard (1833).
    Afghanistan, Qal‘ah-ye Ḩashmat

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Creators: Entry created by Julien De Chocqueuse (2023-10-19) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/90699
Data downloads: KML, RDF
Suggested citation: De Chocqueuse, J. (2023) Bala Hissar, Kabul. Vici.org: archaeological atlas of antiquity. https://vici.org/vici/90699, accessed 2026-11-14.