Human Records on Karakorum HighwayOn rock carvings in the northern areas of Pakistan. |
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5th century A.D. animals Avalokitesvara beautiful big boulders Bodhisattva Brahmi Buddha Buddhist by-road carved boulders carvings are seen cave Chilas cross curved horns Danyor deity Deva drawn eastern engraved fifth century A.D. flat front Further ahead Gandhara Gilgit river gives the name glacier Gondophares hand hill Himalaya Hodur horse horse-riders human hunting scenes Hunza river ibex facing ibexes Indus river Janglot Karakorum Highway Kargah Kharoshthi inscription Khotan Khunjrab king Kushana Kushana emperor late Brahmi later left bank left side markhors miles Misgar monk mountains mounted horsemen nala Nanga Parvat Dyamar onward outcrop pass plain prehistoric carvings reach right side right upto riverside rivulet Rock of Hunza route ruler Sacred Rock Scythian seated figure sects seventh century A.D. Shatial Sibi Jataka Simhadeva Skardu slope Soniwal standing stones stupa stupa carved style surface Swat symbols Tarim Tashkurgan Taxila temples terraces Thakot Thalpan bridge trident valley Yarkand Ziarat
