Barikot
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Barikot () (Pashto: بریکوټ) is a town located in the middle course of the Swat River in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is located about away from Mingora and the Butkara Stupa. It is the entrance town to the central Swat Valley with a population of approximately 25,000 people. Barikot is the location of an ancient citadel captured by Alexander the Great, with Chalcolithic remains dating back to , and an early-historic period town dating back to . The Italian Archaeological Mission (renamed ISMEO) founded by Giuseppe Tucci has been excavating ruins of the ancient town of Bazira under Barikot
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Barikot
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ps
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Barikot Swat.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Panoramic View: Barikot
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Pakistan#Gandhara#Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 808
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Swat
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Tehsil
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Barikot
- Settlement.established_title
- Established
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_total
- 115,045
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 115045
- Image
- Swat barikot.jpg
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- Barikot (town)
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20 sectionsContents
- Demographics
- Population
- Excavations
- Bronze Age (c. 1700–1400 BC)
- Late Bronze/Iron Age (c. 1200–800 BC)
- Abandonment Phase (c. 800–600 BC)
- The Beginning of the City and Achaemenid Acculturation Phase (c. 600–400 BC)
- Regionalization Phase (c. 400–250 BC)
- Mauryan and Greco-Bactrian Kingdoms Linking Phase (c. 250–200 BC)
- Old Apsidal Temple
- Indo-Greek Phase (c. 200–100 BC)
- Sakas and Parthians Phase (c. 50 BC–70 AD)
- Early Kushan Phase (c. 70-200 AD)
- Late Kushan Phase (c. 200-250 AD)
- Late Kushan, sub-Kushan, and Kushano-Sasanian Phase (c. 250-400 AD)
- Abandonment Phase (c. 400-550 AD)
- Shahi Phase (c. 680-1000 AD)
- Ghaznavid Phase (c. 1000-1100 AD)
- References
- External links
Barikot () (Pashto: بریکوټ) is a town located in the middle course of the Swat River in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is located about away from Mingora and the Butkara Stupa. It is the entrance town to the central Swat Valley with a population of approximately 25,000 people. Barikot is the location of an ancient citadel captured by Alexander the Great, with Chalcolithic remains dating back to , and an early-historic period town dating back to . The Italian Archaeological Mission (renamed ISMEO) founded by Giuseppe Tucci has been excavating ruins of the ancient town of Bazira under Barikot since 1984.
== Demographics ==
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