Type: Archaeological Site - Rock Art
Province: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District: Swat
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 7th - 8th Century CE
Description: The extant remains on its two sides are divided in two group side A, or northern side and B, or eastern side. Starting from the side A, reveals three figures, the right one is Maitreya, holds a water flask in the left and lotus flower in the right hand. On his right is seated Avalokitesvara in lalitasana in pensive mood on a high asana, his right hand rests on his right while the left one on his left thigh holds a lotus flower, another small unidentified figure on the right side of the seat. Side B or the eastern side reveals three seated Bodhisattvas, the right one is relatively small figure of Padmapani in lalitasana in pensive mood, his right hand rests on his right while the left one on the left thigh holding a lotus flower. On his right is a figure of Maitreya in lalitasana, a water flask in the right and a lotus flower in the left hand.
Latitude: 34.806000000
Longitude: 72.440000000
Ownership: Private
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: Geo Archaeology of the Swat Valley (NWFP, Pakistan) in the Charbagh-Barikot Stretch Preliminary Note
Published In: East and West, Vol. 43, No. 1-4
Year of Publication: 1993
Bibliography/Reference: C. Faccenna, et.al.
