Timergara
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Timergara ایمرگرہ |
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 Pakistan
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| Province : | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | ||
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34 ° 50 ' N , 71 ° 51' E
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| Height : |
823 m
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| Residents : | 40,373 (2017) | ||
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PST ( UTC + 5 )
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Timergara ( Urdu ایمرگرہ) is a city in Pakistan in Tehsil of the same name ( Timergara Tehsil ) and the seat of the Lower Dir district in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with about 40,000 inhabitants. The city is located in northern Pakistan on the Panjkora , a right tributary of the Swat . The nearest major city is Mingora , which is about 45 km to the west.
Significant finds of human burials from the 16th to 4th centuries BC were found in Timergara. Made especially by the Gandhara burial culture .
location
Timergara is located on the southern foothills of the Hindu Kush in northern Pakistan at an altitude of 823 meters on the Panjkora, a right tributary of the Swat.
history
The Timergara area has been around since at least the first half of the 2nd millennium BC. Settled. Based on the pottery excavated on site, the subsequent early history of the region is divided into four periods. Period I from the 16th to the 13th century BC BC, period II from 12th to 10th century. In these two periods, which were reconstructed using the graves and the ceramics they contain. Around the 9th century BC The region may have been conquered in the 2nd century BC, which is indicated by the looting and desecration of the graves from Periods I and II (Period III). From the middle of the 6th century BC The area belonged to the Achaemenid Empire (period IV).
In 1899, the Baba Jee Masjid , also known as the Babaji Mosque, was built and has been preserved to this day.
Timergara in summer
Baba Jee Masjid (2016)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ahmad Hasan Dani (ed.): Timargarha and Gandhara Grave Culture (= Ancient Pakistan. Bulletin of the Department of Archeology . Vol. III)). University of Peshawa, 1967, pp. 48 ( online ).
- ↑ 117-year-old Baba Jee Masjid in Timergara still stands majestically. Retrieved March 10, 2020 .