Hazara, the ancient 'Urasha' or 'Uraga' , is the northernmost division of the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Situated to the east of the river Indus, it lies between latitude 330 44' and ... Read More
District Tank is the extreme northwestern part of the Gomal Valley in the North-West Frontier Province (hereafter NWFP), which is presently a barren land without any perennial source of water, occas ... Read More
This article is the consequence of excavations by the Pakistan Heritage Society and University Of Pennsylvania ar Käjirko,' North rhat resulted in the discovery and exploration Of an undocumented ... Read More
For many scholars Pakistan is merely a crossroads linking East and West, a reflection of the longstand- mg concentration on the Buddhist art of Gandhara in the nation's nonhern reaches. Southern coa ... Read More
The celebrated artist, Abdur Rehman Chughtai (1894-1975), who resided in Lahore, has been claimed by diverse quarters as •their' own, mainly because of the enchanting art he created and the reputati ... Read More
The Khattaks, not to be confused with Shitaks or Bannuchis, originally moved from Shual i.e. Su- iajman Range now occupied by Waziris, into their present habitat in the NWFP perhaps sometime dur;m ... Read More
While collecting data for my PhD research from different government and private collections across 'he country, I had an access to the few stone sculp'ures depicting mukhalingas com- ing from dive ... Read More
The naked philosophers of India, the so-called 'Gymnosophists' were mentioned frequently by the classical authors. This dilect encounter with Indian doctrine left remarkable traces on the subsequent ... Read More
The gulf in status between the lives of the rich and poor as seen in the living world, may also be witnessed in their abodes of eternal rest, and is a common trend experienced throughout the world. ... Read More
The Nilamatapuräna (Ancient Lore according to (the serpent) Nila), is a short text (by puranic standards) of 1453 verses. Rather than a full-fledged puråna or even an upa-puräna, it is really a st ... Read More
Names are very important, not only in allowing us to communicate clearly and effectively with others about objects, people and places, but also in terms of identity. What we are called has a great i ... Read More
The spine of Pakistan is the Indus River. Splendid prehistoric and historic sites arose on either side of the Indus, its tributaries, and the waters rushing to meet the River. The Indus gives its na ... Read More
Recent DNA investigations among members of the living castes and tribes of India have received great attention in the scholarly journals and these investigations have rekindled controversy over the ... Read More
The archaeological and historical significance of the Gomal Valley of rhe North West Frontier ince, Pakistan, is largely determined by location within rhe eastern fringe of the Indo-Iranian b0F de ... Read More
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