Barikot

Barikot
بریکوٹ
Town
Barikot is located in Pakistan
Barikot
Barikot
Barikot is located in Gandhara
Barikot
Barikot
Barikot is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Barikot
Barikot
Coordinates: 34°40′39″N 72°12′42″E / 34.677471°N 72.211675°E / 34.677471; 72.211675
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictSwat
TehsilBarikot
Elevation
808 m (2,651 ft)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Barikot (Urdu: بریکوٹ) (Pashto: بریکوټ) is a town located in the middle course of the Swat River in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is located about 20 km (12 mi) away from Mingora and the Butkara Stupa.[1] 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,[2] with Chalcolithic remains dating back to c. 1700 BCE,[3] and an early-historic period town dating back to c. 600 BCE.[4][5] The Italian Archaeological Mission (renamed ISMEO) founded by Giuseppe Tucci has been excavating ruins of the ancient town of Bazira under Barikot since 1984.[6]

  1. ^ Road sign
  2. ^ Archaeological site notice
  3. ^ Olivieri, Luca M., 2012. "When and why the ancient town of Barikot was abandoned?: A preliminary note based on the last archaeological data", in Pakistan Heritage 4, Table 1, and p. 111.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Olivieri, Minardi, Vidale was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Olivieri, Luca Maria, & Anna Filigenzi, 2018."On Gandharan sculptural production from Swat: Recent archaeological and chronological data", in W. Rienjang and P. Stewart (eds.), Problems of Chronology in Gandharan Art: Proceedings of the First International Workshop of the Gandhara Connections Project, p. 71.
  6. ^ "Pakistan unearths the city defeated by Alexander the Great". AGI – Agenzia Giornalistica Italia (in Italian). 16 August 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2017.