Type: Archaeological Site - Stupa & Monastery
Province: Punjab
District: Jhelum
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 1st - 5th Century CE
Description: Some ancient buildings with sculptures built on Murti Hill now in very bad state of preservation can still be seen. The mound seems to be a much-decayed stupa which has completely lost its facing. The greatest part of the plateau to the east and north of the stupa mound appears to be of a temple. The mound was covered with rough building tomb and fragments of carefully cut slabs of red sand stone some bearing marks of relief decoration. Among the debris over-lye fragments of elaborately carved pieces of red sand stone, all forming parts of architectural decoration such as architraves, brackets, columns etc. All these obviously belonged to the outer ornamentation of the temple. Long before its final vandalism and destruction, the temple of Murti had been plundered to supply sculptural material both for katas and Choa Saidan Shah.
Latitude: 32.724426917
Longitude: 73.016398167
Ownership: Government of Punjab
Legal Status: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992)
Title of Publication: Archaeological Sites and Historical Monuments Protected Under the Antiquities Act, 1975
Published In: Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
Year of Publication: 1987
Bibliography/Reference: Khan, Ahmad Nabi
