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]
ID | Name | Type | Location | District | Coordinates | Image |
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GB-1 | Rock carvings at Butogah | Archaeological site | near Chilas [2] | Diamer | More images 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. | |
GB-2 | Rock carvings at Thalpan | Archaeological site | Chilas [2] | Diamer | More images | |
GB-3 | Rock carvings at Thor | near Chilas [2] | Diamier | More images | ||
GB-4 | Rock carvings at Ziarat (near Talpan) | Chilas [2] | Diamier | More images | ||
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 | More images | ||
GB-6 | Chaqchan Mosque c. 14th century | Mosque | Khaplu | Ghangche | More images | |
GB-7 | Khaplu Palace | Fort | Khaplu | Ghangche | More images | |
GB-8 | Megalithic stone circles | Yasin Valley [3] | Gupis-Yasin | More images | ||
GB-9 | Alam Bridge inscriptions | Gilgit [3] | Gilgit District | 35°45′30″N74°35′49″E / 35.75825°N 74.597008°E | More images | |
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 | More images | ||
GB-12 | Keno Daas (rock carvings) | just outside Gilgit [3] | Gilgit | More images 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 | More images | ||
GB-14 | Noorpur Stupas | [3] | Gilgit | Upload Photo | ||
GB-15 | Baltit Fort | Karimabad, Hunza Valley | Hunza-Nagar | 36°19′32″N74°40′11″E / 36.325556°N 74.669722°E | More images | |
GB-16 | Altit Fort | Altit, Hunza Valley | Hunza-Nagar | More images | ||
GB-17 | Queen Victoria tower | Karimabad, Hunza Valley | Hunza-Nagar | More images | ||
GB-18 | Sacred Rock of Hunza | 2 km from Ganesh village on the Karakorum Highway (KKH) [3] | Hunza-Nagar | More images | ||
GB-19 | Amburik Mosque | Shigar Valley | More images | |||
GB-20 | Buddhist monastery 4th to 5th century AD | Shigar Valley [3] | Upload Photo | |||
GB-21 | Shigar Fort | Shigar Valley | More images | |||
GB-22 | Manthal Buddha Rock (Buddhist inscriptions) | [3] | Skardu | More images | ||
GB-23 | Skardu Fort | Skardu | Skardu | More images | ||
GB-24 | (wooden mosque) | Shigar Valley | Upload Photo | |||
GB-25 | Khilingrong Mosque | Shigar Valley | More images |
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Danyor Rock Inscriptions is an archaeological site in Danyor, Gilgit-Baltistan. It is a gigantic boulder bearing inscriptions from the 7th and 8th centuries A.D.
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