[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Sites and excavations](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site) › Mingora # 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](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mingora.1956-tucci) ## Finds (5) - [Bronze Door](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.northwest.gandhara.cki1113) - [Elephant Ewer](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.northwest.gandhara.cki1109) - [Neck of Ewer](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.northwest.gandhara.cki1112) - [Shoulder of Ewer](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.northwest.gandhara.cki1110) - [Shoulder of Waterpot](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.northwest.gandhara.cki1111) ## Literature (1) - [Pakistan Archaeology 1 (1964)](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.archaeology.pakistan-archaeology.1.c4) ## Nearby (12) - [Barabru Stupa](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.barabru-stupa) - [Katelai](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.katelai) - [Pānṛ I](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.panr-i) - [Fiza Gat](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.fiza-gat) - [Butkara IV](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.butkara-iv) - [Saidu Sharif I](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.saidu-sharif-monastery) - [Butkara III](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.butkara-iii) - [Saidu Sharif I graveyard](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.saidu-sharif-graveyard) - [Stupas of Shararai Site](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.stupas-of-shararai-site) - [Butkara II](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.butkara-ii) - [Loebanr III](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.loebanr-iii) - [Shah Kosar Aligrama](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.shah-kosar-aligrama) ## Reported in - [Pakistan Archaeology 1 (1964)](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.archaeology.pakistan-archaeology.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mingora](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mingora) · Pramāṇa