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| Established | 2006 |
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| Location | Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 34°10′52″N71°46′51″E / 34.1811°N 71.7807°E |
| Website | www |
Pushkalavati Museum also known as Charsadda Museum established in 2006, located in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Pushkalavati was the first capital of Gandhara from 6th to 1st century BC and the former name of Charsadda District, [1] which is situated 30 km to the northeast of Peshawar District. Remainder of Pushkalavati can be seen around the site of Balahisar. The city goddess was also called Pushkalwati. The term Pushkalavati (Sanskrit) is a combination of two Prakrit words Pushkara or Pushkala which mean lotus (a type of flower) and 'wati or vati', mean city so Pushkalavati mean that the Lotus City. [2] The lotus flower, which also represented Buddha in primitive sect, is still grown in Charsadda area which is a very fertile and the city had around ponds full of lotus flowers. The Syama Jataka also took place. The legendary Hariti Devi and Panchika were born here and converted to Buddhism by Buddha. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
In 1958 "S.M. Wheeler" exposed the remains of two cities at Bala Hisar and from 1962 to 1963 Dr. Ahmad Hasan Dani exposed the Sheikhan Dheri. These two sites are present opposite to each other and located on the banks of River Jindi (a feeder of River Swat). [8]
Ghani Dheri is located about 4 km northeast of Charsadda Town. Ghani Dheri is named after the famous poet, artist, philosopher and legend of Pathan culture Khan Abdul Ghani Khan (better known Ghani Khan), the son of Bacha Khan (real name Abdul Ghafar Khan was a legendary freedom fighter and politician). Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa built a hall in 2001 consisting of a Mushaira Hall and a Library at the site to honour and in the memory of Khan Abdul Ghani Khan. The Mushaira Hall is decorated with the paintings and poetry of Khan Abdul Ghani Khan. The Library composed of two divisions one for the specialized books on Ghani Khan and other for the general books. And later the Pushkalavati Museums of Archaeology and Ethnology has been built in 2006. [8]
Charsadda District is a district in the Peshawar Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Prior to its establishment as a separate district in 1998, it was a tehsil within the Peshawar District. Pashtuns make up the majority of the population of the district. The district headquarter is the town of Charsadda, which was once part of the Peshawar ex-metropolitan region.
Mardān is a city in the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Mardan is the second-largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is a fast-growing city that experienced a population boom in the latter half of the twentieth century.
Chārsadda is a town and headquarters of Charsadda District, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is the eighty fifth-largest city of Pakistan, according to 2017 census. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Charsadda lies about 29 kilometres (18 mi) from the provincial capital of Peshawar at an altitude of 276 metres (906 ft). The total area of Charsadda District measures about 996 square Km. The district is geographically organized into two primary parts: Hashtnagar and Do Aaba.
Pushkalavati or Pushkaravati, and later Shaikhan Dheri, was the capital of the ancient region of Gāndhāra, situated in present day's Pakistan. Its ruins are located on the outskirts of the modern city of Charsadda, in Charsadda District, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 28 kilometres northeast of Peshawar. Its ruins are located on the banks of Swat River, near its junction with Kabul River, with the earliest archaeological remains from 1400 to 800 BCE in Bala Hisar mound. Pushkalavati became an Achaemenid regional capital around 600 BCE, and it remained an important city through to the 2nd century CE.
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