According to the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency's report published on protected areas in 1997, Balochistan has 27 archaeological sites and monuments protected by the Federal Government. [1] These include the province's only national monument; Ziarat Residency. Additionally it has one site on the tentative world heritage list, Mehrgarh. [2]
Of the some 400 sites and monuments protected under the Antiquities Act 1975, the province contains seven sites in Category 1, eight in Category II and fourteen in Category III. [3]
The following sites were previously protected under the Federal Government.
ID | Name | Type | Location | District | Coordinates | Image |
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BA-1 | Pirak mound | Village Kolachi — located 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of Sibi on the right side of the road to Jacobabad [4] | Sibi District | ![]() | ||
BA-2 | Nindo Damb | Ornach Valley, Tehsil Wadh | Killa Abdullah District | ![]() Tunnel, Chaman&categories= Upload Photo | ||
BA-3 | Fort wall of Jhalawar | Jhalawar | Kharan District | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-4 | Fort of Azad Khan (Kharan Fort) | Kharan town | Kharan | ![]() | ||
BA-5 | Pally Kalat | Washbohi | Kharan | ![]() | ||
BA-6 | Nauroze Fort | Nauroze | Kharan | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-7 | Ancient tomb | Jhalawar | Kharan | ![]() | ||
BA-8 | Har-o-Goke | Garuk | Kharan | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-9 | Bara Bagh Cemetery, Lasbela | Babrs | Lasbela District | ![]() | ||
BA-10 | Tomb of General Muhammad Ibn-e-Haroon | Bela town | Lasbela | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-11 | Tombs at Hinidan | Pir Mubarakm | Lasbela | ![]() | ||
BA-12 | Chowkhundi (Rumi) graves | Bhawani Sarai, 5 miles from Hub Chowki | Lasbela | ![]() | ||
BA-13 | Tordheri site | Tordheri | Loralai District | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-14 | High mound | Dabarkot | Loralai | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-15 | Prehistoric mound | Harian Haider Zai | Loralai | ![]() | ||
BA-16 | Damb Judeir or Judeir-jo-daro | Deh Jodher No. 2 between Jhat Pat and Dera Murad Jamali | Nasirabad District | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-17 | Mound No. 1 in Killi Gul Muhammad | Village Kotwal — located 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) northwest of Quetta city on the left side of the road to Chaman [4] | Quetta District | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-18 | Mound No. 2 | Village Samangali, west side of Airport | Quetta | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-19 | Mound No. 3 in Damb Sadat | Located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi)southwest from Quetta city [4] | Quetta | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-20 | Mound No. 5 in Ahmad Khanzai | Located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Quetta [4] | Quetta | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-21 | Mound No. 6 | Shahi Khan, near Pir Ballo on Sariab Road | Quetta | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-22 | Mound No. 7 | Kachlak on Chaman Road | Quetta | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-23 | Mound No. 8 | Village Samali (Dosak-i-Khasyan) | Quetta | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-24 | Mound No. 9 | Village Metar Zai | Quetta | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-25 | Mound No. 10 | Shaikh Manda on Chaman Road | Quetta | ![]() | ||
BA-26 | Mound No. 11 | Village Vauhisar | Quetta | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-27 | Quaid-i-Azam Residency Building | Ziarat | Ziarat District | ![]() | ||
BA-28 | Archaeological Site of Mehrgarh | Dhadar - located 18 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of Dhadar Town on the right bank of Bolan River [4] | Bolan District | ![]() |
ID | Name | Type | Location | District | Coordinates | Image |
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BA-U-1 | Bangi Ismail’s tomb (1468) | [5] | Gwadar | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-2 | Jiwani graves c1400 AD | Jiwani [5] | Gwadar | ![]() | ||
BA-U-3 | Pasni graves c1400 AD | Pasni [5] | Gwadar | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-4 | Sohbatpur Mosque (1940) | [5] | Jaffarabad | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-5 | Kalatuk (Fort) c 1700 AD | [5] | Kech | ![]() | ||
BA-U-6 | Miri Qila (Miri Fort) | [5] | Kech | ![]() | ||
BA-U-7 | Nikoderian Tombs | in Mashkel, Nag and Panjgur [5] | Kharan & Panjgur | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-8 | Khawaja Amran Shrine | Near Gulistan [6] | Killa Abdullah | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-9 | Spin Ghundi Mound | Close to Habibzai Village at the foot of an offshoot of the Khawaja Amran Range [6] | Killa Abdullah | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-10 | Gondrani (or Gundriani) | [7] | Lasbela | ![]() | ||
BA-U-11 | Shah Bilawal's Shrine | [8] | Khuzdar | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-12 | Jamia Mosque c1838 | Bela [5] | Lasbela | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-13 | Lahut-i-Lamakan (cave) | [8] | Khuzdar | ![]() | ||
BA-U-14 | Kumb Shrine | [8] | Lasbela | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-15 | Shireen and Farhad (shrine) | [8] | Lasbela | ![]() | ||
BA-U-16 | Sassi and Punnu (shrine) | Mouza Mumbar, Tehsil Sonmiani [9] | Lasbela | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-17 | Pir Fida Hussain's shrine | [8] | Lasbela | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-18 | Pir Moosiani's shrine | [8] | Lasbela | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-19 | Pir Mohiddin's shrine | [8] | Lasbela | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-20 | Mai Gondrani's shrine | [8] | Lasbela | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-21 | Shahi Jamia Mosque | Bela [9] | Lasbela | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-22 | Sir Robert Sandeman's tomb | Bela [9] | Lasbela | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-23 | Karia Pir's shrine | Bela [9] | Lasbela | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-24 | Sassi's spring | [9] | Lasbela | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-25 | Chinjan | 68 km southwest of Loralai [10] | Loralai | ![]() | ||
BA-U-26 | Daber Kot | 18km northeast of Duki Town [10] | Loralai | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-27 | Mughal Qila (Mughal Fort) – c 1500AD | [5] | Loralai | ![]() | ||
BA-U-28 | Rana Ghundai | [10] | Loralai | ![]() | ||
BA-U-29 | Surjangal | 8km northeast of Sinjawi Town, Baghave Valley on road to Duki. [10] | Loralai | ![]() | ||
BA-U-30 | Torghar — caves and rock shelters with paintings | Sulaiman Range [7] | Musakhel | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-31 | Zuncari Village — rock shelters | Sulaiman Range [7] | Musakhel | ![]() | ||
BA-U-32 | Sara Qila (Sara Fort) | [5] | Pishin | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-33 | Governor's House | [11] | Quetta | ![]() | ||
BA-U-34 | Balochistan Secretariate building | Quetta [11] | Quetta | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-35 | Quetta railway station | Quetta [11] | Quetta | ![]() | ||
BA-U-36 | General Post Office and Central Telegraph Office building | Quetta [11] | Quetta | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-37 | Sessions Courts building | Quetta [11] | Quetta | ![]() | ||
BA-U-38 | Balochistan High Court building | Quetta [11] | Quetta | ![]() | ||
BA-U-39 | Frontier Corps Headquarters | Quetta [12] | Quetta | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-40 | Pakistan Command and Staff College (main building) | Quetta [12] | Quetta | ![]() | ||
BA-U-41 | Babar/Khosti - 10 rock shelters | Sulaiman Range [7] | Zhob | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-42 | Badanzai | Bronze Age [10] | Zhob | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-43 | Dhana Abdullahzai - 1 rock shelter - 1st time with wild boar | Sulaiman Range [7] | Zhob | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-44 | Hazrat Nazar Nika's Shrine | 6 km from Zhob [13] | Zhob | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-45 | Hazrat Khostu Baba's shrine | 100 km from Zhob towards Waziristan [13] | Zhob | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-46 | Ismailzai | [10] | Zhob | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-47 | Lakaha Band - 4 rock shelters | Sulaiman Range [7] | Zhob | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-48 | Leaoha Ghozai - 5 caves and 6 rock shelters | Sulaiman Range [7] | Zhob | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-49 | Mughal Ghundai | [10] | Zhob | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-50 | Musazai | [10] | Zhob | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-51 | Palwan Baba's shrine | Mughalkot area [13] | Zhob | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-52 | Paryan-o-Ghundi (or Periano Ghundai) (destroyed) | 2 miles west of Zhob [14] [10] | Zhob | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-53 | Qais Rashid's tomb | top of Suleman Mountain [13] | Zhob | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-54 | Zakoo Nika's shrine | near Zhob [13] | Zhob | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-55 | Walli Tangi waterfall | Quetta | Quetta | ![]() | ||
BA-U-56 | Khojak Tunnel | near Pak-Afghan border at Chamman | Killa Abdullah | ![]() | ||
BA-U-57 | Hinglaj Mata (Rani ki Mandir) | Hinglaj | Lasbela | ![]() | ||
BA-U-58 | Lakho Pir | Near Bareja, 3 Kilometer from Khuzdar-Shahdadkot Highway | Jhal Magsi | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-59 | Shahli Tomb (Shrine) | Usta Muhammad, 2 Kilometer from Faizabad Usta Muhammad Road | Jaffarabad | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-60 | Gadahi Tomb (Shrine) | Usta Muhammad, 3 Kilometer from Faizabad-Usta Muhammad Road | Jaffarabad | ![]() Upload Photo | ||
BA-U-61 | Suhryani Tomb (Shrine) | Usta Muhammad, 5 Kilometer from Faizabad-Usta Muhammad Road | Jaffarabad | ![]() Upload Photo |
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