Abstract
The valley of Chitral is located in the Hindu Kush mountain range, in the very north west
of Pakistan. It is generally characterised as a very remote area, and archaeological work
here to date has been sporadic and largely unsystematic. However, a recent joint
Pakistani-British project has carried out two seasons of archaeological survey in order to
begin to build up an outline chronology and understanding of the prehistory and history
of Chitral, and the role it has played in some of the key cultural developments of
northern South Asia, such as the impact of the Achaemenid Empire at its borders, the
spread of Buddhism, and the form of early Islam. This paper presents the results of this
new work, and places it within a wider regional context of social, political, and
ideological events.
A. SAMAD, M. ZAHIR, P. NEWSON, D. HAMILTON, I. ALI, , I. SHAH AND R. YOUNG. (2012) Archaeology in Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Placing New Results in Context. , Pakistan Heritage, Volume 4, Issue 1.
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