ancient ruins
Takht-i-Bahi
An exceptionally well-preserved Indo-Parthian Buddhist monastery complex perched on a hilltop, dating from the 1st century BC to the 7th century AD.
14 km · about 25 min drive
AsiaPakistanKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
Mardan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan · Asia
About Mardan
Mardan is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Noorabad, 14km from Takht-i-Bahi.
Mardan is in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, with about 300,000 people. The nearest town is Noorabad, about 10 km away.
Mardān is a city in the Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Mardan is the second largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (only after Peshawar). It is a fast growing city that experienced a population boom in the latter half of the 20th century.
Around 1800 BCE, theRead more
area around Mardan was part of the homeland of the Gandhara grave culture. Rock edicts of the ancient Indian King Ashoka in the nearby Shahbaz Garhi, written in the right-to-left Kharosthi script, dates from the Mauryan period (mid-200s BCE) and represent the earliest irrefutable evidence of writing in South Asia. The nearby Takht-i-Bahi has remains of an ancient Buddhist monastery was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.
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Within an hour or so of Mardan: Takht-i-Bahi (14 km).
Where is Mardan?
Mardan is in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, about 10 km from Noorabad.
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- Population
- 300,424
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Pakistan
- Region
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Timezone
- Asia/Karachi
- Coordinates
- 34.1979, 72.0496
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