Shaikhan Dheri

E300992

Shaikhan Dheri is an important archaeological site in the Charsadda region of Pakistan, known for remains linked to ancient Gandhara and early historic urban settlements.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Shahji-ki-Dheri 2
Shaikhan Dheri canonical 2
Shah-ji-ki-Dheri 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalResearchField Gandharan studies ⓘ
South Asian archaeology ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod Early Historic period ⓘ
Indo-Greek period ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Greek Kingdoms

Kushan period ⓘ
linked to: Kushan Empire
continent Asia ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
culture Gandharan culture ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemainsOf ancient Gandharan settlement ⓘ
early historic urban settlement ⓘ
hasLanguageOfInscriptions Kharosthi ⓘ
Prakrit ⓘ
hasTypeOfSite urban mound ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist-period material culture ⓘ
fortification remains ⓘ
urban planning remains ⓘ
locatedIn Charsadda District ⓘ
Gandhara region ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
locatedNear Charsadda city ⓘ
linked to: Charsadda

Peshawar Valley ⓘ
locatedOn alluvial plain ⓘ
partOf ancient Gandhara ⓘ
partOfArchaeologicalRegion Charsadda archaeological complex ⓘ
region Greater Peshawar Basin ⓘ
linked to: Peshawar Valley
religiousContext Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
significance important for understanding early historic cities in northwestern South Asia ⓘ
key site for study of Gandharan urbanism ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charsadda → hasArchaeologicalSite → Shaikhan Dheri ⓘ
Peshawar Valley → containsArchaeologicalSite → Shahji-ki-Dheri ⓘ
linked to: Shaikhan Dheri
Pushkalavati → hasArchaeologicalSite → Shaikhan Dheri ⓘ
Kanishka stupa → locatedNear → Shahji-ki-Dheri ⓘ
linked to: Shaikhan Dheri
Kanishka casket → discoveredAt → Shah-ji-ki-Dheri ⓘ
linked to: Shaikhan Dheri