Ranigat
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Rani Gatt (Pashto: راني ګټ, lit. the queen of stones in Pashto) is a 2500-year-old Buddhist archaeological site belonging to the Gandahara civilization located in the Buner District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Ranigat is a good example of the Buddhist past of the area. The site is located on top of a hill, accessible by climbing the stairs constructed by the Japanese. The main attractions include the Stupas, a big rock erected by the ancient people at some distance that they probably used to worship. The city or town was beautifully designed, and stones from the local mountains have been
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Ranigat
- Ancient site.image
- A majestic view of the horizon from Ranigat.jpg
- Ancient site.image_size
- 260 px
- Ancient site.caption
- Ranigat was built on a mountaintop overlooking the Valley of Peshawar
- Ancient site.map_type
- Pakistan#Gandhara#Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Buner Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan
- Ancient site.built
- 2nd century CE
- Ancient site.abandoned
- 6th century
- Ancient site.epochs
- Gandhara
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- Alexander Cunningham Henry Walter Bellew
- Ancient site.designation1
- WHS
- Ancient site.designation1_offname
- Archaeological Site of Ranigat
- Ancient site.designation1_type
- Tentative listing
- Ancient site.designation1_criteria
- ii, iv
- Ancient site.designation1_number
- 1879
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- Ranigat.jpg
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Rani Gatt (Pashto: راني ګټ, lit. the queen of stones in Pashto) is a 2500-year-old Buddhist archaeological site belonging to the Gandahara civilization located in the Buner District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Ranigat is a good example of the Buddhist past of the area. The site is located on top of a hill, accessible by climbing the stairs constructed by the Japanese. The main attractions include the Stupas, a big rock erected by the ancient people at some distance that they probably used to worship. The city or town was beautifully designed, and stones from the local mountains have been extensively used. Ranigat is easily accessible through the M1 and N35. It is about away from Swabi and from Peshawar and Islamabad.
It is a collection of 2nd-century CE Buddhist ruins spread over an area of that dates from the Gandhara civilization.
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