- The
Butkara Stupa (Pashto: بت کړه سټوپا) is an
important Buddhist stupa near Mingora, in the area of Swat, ****stan. It may have been
built by the Mauryan...
- Indo-Corinthian
capital from the
Butkara Stupa,
dated to 20 BCE
Dancing Indo-Scythians (top) and
hunting scene from Swat
Butkara door jamb, with Indo-Scythians...
- in the northwest, in the area of Gandhara, with
instances such as the
Butkara Stupa ("monumentalized" with ****enistic
decorative elements from the 2nd...
- Pakhtunkhwa. The area
around Mingora has long been inhabited. At Loe Banr,
Butkara II and Matalai,
Italian archaeologists unearthed 475 Indo-Aryan graves...
-
palace of the
former Wali-e-Swat, and the
archaeological remains of the
Butkara Buddhist Stupa. The
older name of
Saidu Sharif was Baligram. In 1835, Akhund...
- an Indo-Corinthian
capital and
sculpture of a
Buddhist devotee in the
Butkara Stupa,
suggesting the
involvement of Azes II in
Buddhist dedications, and...
- to him. — Plutarch, "Political Precepts" Praec. reip. ger. 28, 6). The
Butkara stupa was "monumentalized" by the
addition of ****enistic architectural...
- coin of
Menander I was
found in the
second oldest stratum (GSt 2) of the
Butkara stupa suggesting a
period of
additional constructions during the reign...
- An Indo-Corinthian
capital from the
Butkara Stupa under which a coin of Azes II was found.
Dated to 20 BC or
earlier (Turin City
Museum of
Ancient Art)...
-
found in Gandhāra.
Other major sites from the
Kushan period include the
Butkara Stupa and Barikot.
Kharosthi inscriptions indicate the
existence of the...
