List of cultural heritage sites in Gilgit-Baltistan
Following is the list of cultural heritage sites in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. According to the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency publication on protected areas, there are only two notified archaeological sites and monuments in Gilgit-Baltistan.[1]
Tentative UNESCO sites
ID | Name | Type | Location | District | Coordinates | Image |
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GB-1 | Rock carvings at Butogah | Archaeological site | near Chilas[2] | Diamer | ![]() ![]() Upload Photo This region has been the center of the Kamboja Mahajanpada for nearly a thousand years, According to indian historians .kamboja which was one of the great 16 Mahajanpadas of India. Buddhism was very popular in the Kamboja Mahajanpada. On this basis, modern researchers consider them to belong to the Kamboja period.
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GB-2 | Rock carvings at Thalpan | Archaeological site | Chilas[2] | Diamer | ![]() ![]() Upload Photo | |
GB-3 | Rock carvings at Thor | near Chilas[2] | Diamier | ![]() ![]() Upload Photo | ||
GB-4 | Rock carvings at Ziarat (near Talpan) | Chilas[2] | Diamier | ![]() ![]() Upload Photo | ||
GB-5 | Rock carving at jutori valley kamboja was one of the great 16 Mahajanpadas of India. Buddhism was very popular During the era of Kamboja Mahajanpada. On this basis, modern researchers consider them to belong to the Kamboja period.
| Gais pain nalh (42 km from Chilas)[2] | Diamier | ![]() ![]() Upload Photo | ||
GB-6 | Chaqchan Mosque c. 14th century | Mosque | Khaplu | Ghangche | ![]() ![]() Upload Photo | |
GB-7 | Khaplu Palace | Fort | Khaplu | Ghangche | ![]() ![]() Upload Photo | |
GB-8 | Megalithic stone circles | Yasin Valley[3] | Gupis-Yasin | ![]() ![]() Upload Photo | ||
GB-9 | Alam Bridge inscriptions | Gilgit[3] | Gilgit District | 35°45′30″N 74°35′49″E / 35.75825°N 74.597008°E / 35.75825; 74.597008 (SL. No. GB-9) | ![]() ![]() Upload Photo | |
GB-10 | Danyore Rock Inscriptions | Located in a private garden in Danyore Village[4] to the east of River Hunza and the north of River Gilgit | Gilgit | ![]() Upload Photo ![]() Upload Photo | ||
GB-11 | Kargah Buddha Mahajanpada kamboja era | [3] | Gilgit | ![]() ![]() Upload Photo | ||
GB-12 | Keno Daas (rock carvings) | just outside Gilgit[3] | Gilgit | ![]() Upload Photo This region has been the center of the Kamboja Mahajanpada for nearly a thousand years, which was one of the great 16 Mahajanpadas of India. Buddhism was very popular in the Kamboja Mahajanpada. On this basis, modern researchers consider them to belong to the Kamboja period. | ||
GB-13 | Mughal Minar (stupa) | [3] | Gilgit | ![]() ![]() Upload Photo | ||
GB-14 | Noorpur Stupas | [3] | Gilgit | ![]() Upload Photo ![]() Upload Photo | ||
GB-15 | Baltit Fort | Karimabad, Hunza Valley | Hunza-Nagar | 36°19′32″N 74°40′11″E / 36.325556°N 74.669722°E / 36.325556; 74.669722 (SL. No. GB-15) | ![]() ![]() Upload Photo | |
GB-16 | Altit Fort | Altit, Hunza Valley | Hunza-Nagar | ![]() ![]() Upload Photo | ||
GB-17 | Queen Victoria tower | Karimabad, Hunza Valley | Hunza-Nagar | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
GB-18 | Sacred Rock of Hunza | 2 km from Ganesh village on the Karakorum Highway (KKH)[3] | Hunza-Nagar | ![]() ![]() Upload Photo | ||
GB-19 | Amburik Mosque | Shigar Valley | ![]() ![]() Upload Photo | |||
GB-20 | Buddhist monastery 4th to 5th century AD | Shigar Valley[3] | ![]() Upload Photo ![]() Upload Photo | |||
GB-21 | Shigar Fort | Shigar Valley | ![]() Upload Photo | |||
GB-22 | Manthal Buddha Rock (Buddhist inscriptions) | [3] | Skardu | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
GB-23 | Skardu Fort | Skardu | Skardu | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
GB-24 | (wooden mosque) | Shigar Valley | ![]() Upload Photo ![]() Upload Photo | |||
GB-25 | Khilingrong Mosque | Shigar Valley | ![]() ![]() Upload Photo |
References
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- ^ Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency. "Guidelines for Critical & Sensitive Areas" (PDF). Government of Pakistan. pp. 12, 47, 48. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ^ a b c d e 1.3.1 Chilas Sustainable Tourism and Cultural Heritage. Bakhtiar Ahmed IUCN 2003 pg 9 Retrieved 05 June 2014
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 1.3.1 Chilas Sustainable Tourism and Cultural Heritage. Bakhtiar Ahmed IUCN 2003 pg 10 Retrieved 05 June 2014
- ^ Ahmed], [Bakhtiar (2003). Sustainable tourism and cultural heritage (PDF). Gilgit: Planning & Development Dept. p. 57. ISBN 969-8141-44-8. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
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