All these photographs are of English commemorative board and ancient Butkara 1 Stupa located in the district of Swat, KPK, Pakistan. English commemoratives board erected by Directorate of Archeology and Museums, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reads as below:
"The Buddhist Sacred precinct of Butkara identified as the monastery of Ta-Lo mentioned by Sung Yun (520 A. D) visited and described by the Chinese Buddhis pilgrims of the 5th, 6th and 7th centuries AC lies by the Eastern end of the ancient capital of Udiyana Men-Chich Li present Mingora. The main stupa stands in the middle, around it are crowded Monuments stupas Viharas and columns, on the Northern Side stands a great building and further to the North & West the inhabited area. The great stupa under went fine Reconstruction, each new one incasing the older from 3rd century B. C. Down to 10th century A. D. The other Monuments around have been accordingly Co. Related to the five Building periods as stated above."
Courtesy by Mr. Khurram Saeed Khan Sahib
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1- Commemorative board
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