Mingora

Excavations at Butkara near Mingora uncovered a central stupa encircled by over 200 minor stupas, identified as the Talo monastery. Over 7,000 green schist Gandhara sculptural reliefs illustrating the Buddha's life were recovered alongside intact golden relic containers.

Kind

archaeological site

Date

30–300 CE

Place

Mingora (34.7795, 72.3627)

Excavations (1)

• Excavations by Giuseppe Tucci and D. Faccenna

Finds (5)

• Bronze Door
• Elephant Ewer
• Neck of Ewer
• Shoulder of Ewer
• Shoulder of Waterpot

Literature (1)

• Pakistan Archaeology 1 (1964)

Nearby (12)

• Barabru Stupa
• Katelai
• Pānṛ I
• Fiza Gat
• Butkara IV
• Saidu Sharif I
• Butkara III
• Saidu Sharif I graveyard
• Stupas of Shararai Site
• Butkara II
• Loebanr III
• Shah Kosar Aligrama

Reported in

• Pakistan Archaeology 1 (1964)