Type: Archaeological Site - Rock Art
Province: Azad Jammu and Kashmir
District: Mirpur
Period: Pre Historic
Relative Chronology: 3rd millennium BCE
Description: The site is situated near Mangla Dam on south of Dina, on road to Mirpur main road, at about 4 km from Mirpur city. A large number of cup marks can be found on the top and ridges of isolated granite and sandstone boulders on horizontal and vertical surfaces, sometimes together with petroglyphs. At Chitarpari these cup marks are found on several boulders along with the rock carvings. The site is dated from 3rd to 1st Millennium BCE.
Latitude: 34.144305556
Longitude: 73.857000000
Ownership: Private
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Threat to the Cultural Heritage of Pakistan Survey and Documentation of Tangible and Intangible Heritage of Azad Jammu & Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan
Published In: Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 2020
Year of Publication: 2020
Bibliography/Reference: Khan, Ashraf, Ghani-ur-Rahman