Type: Archaeological Site - Rock Art
Province: Gilgit-Baltistan
District: Shigar
Period: Proto Historic
Relative Chronology: 1st millennium BCE
Description: About 2 km further east of Lupa Mohallah, on the right bank of the Indus, and on the left side of the nala, above a hillock some rocks preserving rock carvings. The site is called Theor. Here we found about 115 carvings of ibexes, human beings, birds, leopards, horse riders, stupas and symbol of trees in different sizes. Traces of over writings and later period carvings are also noticed. This site is associated to multiple periods.
Latitude: 35.342618620
Longitude: 75.828098045
Ownership: Private
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Pak-German Archaeological Mission to the Northern Areas of the Heidelberg Academy for the Humanities and Sciences
Published In: Miscellaneous
Year of Publication: Miscellaneous
Bibliography/Reference: Hauptmann, H.
