Jamal Garhi

For village and union council, see Jamal Garhi, Mardan.

Jamal Garhi
View of Jamal Garhi ruins from the Graeco-Buddhist era.
Jamal Garhi is located in Pakistan
Jamal Garhi
Shown within Pakistan
Jamal Garhi is located in Gandhara
Jamal Garhi
Jamal Garhi (Gandhara)
LocationKhyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Coordinates34°19′N 72°04′E / 34.317°N 72.067°E / 34.317; 72.067
TypeSettlement
Stupa drum panel showing the conception of the Buddha: Queen Maya dreams of a white elephant entering her right side, 100–300 AD, carved schist, Jamal Garhi, British Museum.
Indo-Corinthian capital from Jamal Garhi

Jamal Garhi is a small town located 13 kilometers from Mardan at Katlang-Mardan road in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northern Pakistan. Jamal Garhi was a Buddhist monastery from the first until the fifth century AD at a time when Buddhism flourished in this part of the Indian subcontinent. The monastery and main stupa are surrounded by chapels closely packed together.[1] The site is called "The Jamal Garhi Kandarat or Kafiro Kote" by the locals.

  1. ^ "Jamal Garhi". Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2014.