A survey of Lower Dir was carried our during October and Nove'nber of 2005 by a reani of archaeologists from the Universities of Hazara, Peshawar and Leicester. The main aim of this surve.r H,us t ... Read More
Chitral, also Chitrar or Qashqar (District Census Report of Chirral 1998: 13), is known to the people of Peshawar, Bajaur and Swat by the same name. While the inhabitants of the region would love to ... Read More
Soon after its establishment in November 2006, the Department of Archaeology, Hazara University (Mansehra), started its intensive archaeological investigations in Hazara Division under the supervi ... Read More
A survey of Lower Dir was carried our during October and Nove'nber of 2005 by a reani of archaeologists from the Universities of Hazara, Peshawar and Leicester. The main aim of this surve.r H,us t ... Read More
The present report is a summary of recent field investigations conducted jointly by Hazara University (Mansehra), the University of Leicester (UK) and Abdul Wali Khan University (Mardan) as part of ... Read More
Wood has long been used in Kashmir for making houses (Stein 1900: 451-452)1, but it was not preferred for the construction of monumental worship architecture for a long time. It was for the first ... Read More
The term 'rock art' is used for all types of artistic way of expression found on natural rocks and cliffs, caves and shelters, and on the surface of boulders. In other words sketches, graffiti, imag ... Read More
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is fortunate to contain in its collection seven examples of high quality metalware from Pakistan. The earliest work is a copper alloy censer dating from the Bu ... Read More
Apart from the standard monasteries with their impressive statue chamber there are also small shrines. uninhabited, sometimes called vihära, which housed a statue of the Buddha or a Bodhisattva. Oft ... Read More
Modern Wicca, echoing nineteenth-century sources (Balfour 1873: 277), conflates many outsider goddesses — 'She is known as Kali, Hecate, Cerridwen, Lilith, Persephone, Fata, Morgana, Ereshleigal, ... Read More
l. Introduction In 2007-8, I undertook a field-study of the distribution of archaeological sites in the Indian states of Haryana and Panjab (Chakrabafli and Saini, forthcoming). Three aspects of t ... Read More
Managenwnt of World Heritage Sires (hereafter WHS) is a critical topic and part of its inrporlance emerges fronl rhe economic value that these sires bring 10 rhe areas and where 'hey are located. ... Read More
At its largest extent, the Indus Valley Tradition, as defined by Shaffer (1992a; 1992b) incorporated a variety of regional cultural traditions throughout modern day Pakistan and parts Of eastern Afg ... Read More
The period between 4th-7th centuries CE was an important one in the history of South Asian cultural expressions. as during this time many idioms in various cultural fields were evolved that were e ... Read More
Little is known of the biological history of ethnic groups occupying the Hindu Kush and Karakoram highlands of northern Pakistan. The inhabitants of Madaklasht live within the Shishi Koh Valley of ... Read More
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