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Rock ArtSite Name: Hunza Valley PetroglyphsCountry: Pakistan
NOTE: This site is 69.812 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Gilgit Nearest Village: Baltit
Latitude: 36.316000N Longitude: 74.652000E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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They can still be visited along the modern Karakorum Highway which has linked China and Pakistan once again since opening in 1978.
Dating is based on themes carved and how they relate to the dominent cultures of each era. Examples where more recent items overlay previous ones give further reference points in time. The oldest petroglyphs range back to prehistoric times with estimates ranging back as far as 5000 BC. Many carvings date to the Gandharan era when Buddhist travellers carried both trade and culture across the mountains along the old Silk Road.
I visited the area in 1996, travelling from Chitral through the Hindu Kush and Kailash valleys and over the 12000 foot Shadur Pass into the Gilgit and Hunza regions, then over the Kunjerab Pass to Kashgar passing some of these sites along the way. Sites are located in the Hunza Valley, around Chilas and Shatial as well as many other places along the road.
References:
"Study of Petroglyphs of Buddhist Period Along the Silk Road Between Shatial and Kunjerab Pass, Northern Areas, Pakistan", Thesis by Muhammad Arif for a Ph.D at University of Karachi 2001.
Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften: Felsbilder und Inschriften am Karakorum Highway
Lonely Planet Pakistan also has helpful information on how to reach some of these sites (local political conditions permitting!!).
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