TAKHT-I-BHAI:
By
far the best and most complete of all Gandhara ruins
are those of the 7th century AD. Bushiest monastery,
spectacularly placed on a rocky hill 15 km north-west
of Mardan. It was excavated (and stripped of statuary
and friezes) from 1907 to 1913, and later reconstructed.
From the top of the hill behind the monastery on e can
see down across the plains as far as Peshawar on one
side, and up to the Malakand Pass and the hills of the
Swat on the other Surrounding the monastery on the ridge
above it to the south, and on the spurs to the east
and west, are the ruins of private houses, some of which
are three storey high. Federal Archeology department
is the administrative authority for the operation &
maintenance of the old relics. It is also on UNESCO
list and is a National Heritage.
By
far the best and most complete of all Gandhara ruins
are those of the 7th century AD. Bushiest monastery,
spectacularly placed on a rocky hill 15 km north-west
of Mardan. It was excavated (and stripped of statuary
and friezes) from 1907 to 1913, and later reconstructed.
From the top of the hill behind the monastery on e can
see down across the plains as far as Peshawar on one
side, and up to the Malakand Pass and the hills of the
Swat on the other Surrounding the monastery on the ridge
above it to the south, and on the spurs to the east
and west, are the ruins of private houses, some of which
are three storey high. Federal Archeology department
is the administrative authority for the operation &
maintenance of the old relics. It is also on UNESCO
list and is a National Heritage.
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