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 | ![]() 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 | ![]() | |
GB-3 | Rock carvings at Thor | near Chilas[2] | Diamier | ![]() | ||
GB-4 | Rock carvings at Ziarat (near Talpan) | Chilas[2] | Diamier | ![]() | ||
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.
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Gais pain nalh (42 km from Chilas)[2] | Diamier | ![]() | ||
GB-6 | Chaqchan Mosque c. 14th century | Mosque | Khaplu | Ghangche | ![]() | |
GB-7 | Khaplu Palace | Fort | Khaplu | Ghangche | ![]() | |
GB-8 | Megalithic stone circles | Yasin Valley[3] | Gupis-Yasin | ![]() | ||
GB-9 | Alam Bridge inscriptions | Gilgit[3] | Gilgit District | 35°45′30″N 74°35′49″E / 35.75825°N 74.597008°E | ![]() | |
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 | ||
GB-11 | Kargah Buddha | [3] | Gilgit | ![]() | ||
GB-12 | Keno Daas (rock carvings) | just outside Gilgit[3] | Gilgit | 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 | ![]() | ||
GB-14 | Noorpur Stupas | [3] | Gilgit | ![]() 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 | ![]() | |
GB-16 | Altit Fort | Altit, Hunza Valley | Hunza-Nagar | ![]() | ||
GB-17 | Queen Victoria tower | Karimabad, Hunza Valley | Hunza-Nagar | |||
GB-18 | Sacred Rock of Hunza | 2 km from Ganesh village on the Karakorum Highway (KKH)[3] | Hunza-Nagar | ![]() | ||
GB-19 | Amburik Mosque | Shigar Valley | ![]() | |||
GB-20 | Buddhist monastery 4th to 5th century AD | Shigar Valley[3] | ![]() Upload Photo | |||
GB-21 | Shigar Fort | Shigar Valley | ||||
GB-22 | Manthal Buddha Rock (Buddhist inscriptions) | [3] | Skardu | |||
GB-23 | Skardu Fort | Skardu | Skardu | |||
GB-24 | (wooden mosque) | Shigar Valley | ![]() Upload Photo | |||
GB-25 | Khilingrong Mosque | Shigar Valley | ![]() |
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.