Good to know that some excavation work is going on in the country
1,000-year-old village discovered in Mardan
Farhad Ali Khawar, who is working on Mardan history, told that it was a town of a big city of Mora, which belongs to the Aryan period. He added that during the visit of Sikandari Azam this village was settled. He said that during the excavation coins of that Aryan period were also found.
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wow!
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1000 years ago wasnt aryan period, unless this "archaeologist" is classifying everything prior to the turkic invasions as "aryan". and those artifacts look very gandhara-esque.
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NayaKPK
isnt this a change?
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quit playing!!
That dude with the face looks like FIL of one of my brother...
Not 1000 year old ...
Maybe he was saying that village was formed during Aryans period
Haan ji. 1000 years old village is definitely a credit that should go to PTI
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i think the reporter got confuzzled and randomly wrote 1000 for “hazaaron saal” 
. there’s mention in the article of finding artefacts from the indo-greek period, which is around 200 BC, and various other more recent strata.
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Peshawar is probably the oldest city in Pakistan ! It was among top 10 - 2000 years ago!
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Peshawar is probably the oldest city in Pakistan ! It was among top 10 - 2000 years ago!
I heard it was Multan.
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NayaKPK
isnt this a change?
That Purana KPK. BTW, who is Abdul Wali Khan on whose name this University was made?
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very nice post yar i like it good 1000 eyars old village
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Peshawar was called Purushpur in Ashokan time, it was connected patliputra (patna) through Uttarpath (Nothern road)
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That is exactly what I was thinking! I read the article and I was scratching my head.
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Interesting. I wonder what brought an end to this civilization.
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200 Box Cars?
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It was an excellent decision by the KPK Government to pour some money into archaeology, it ties in with long term tourism goals.
I'm excited to discover more about KPK's Ghandharian Past. InshAllah, more than just being known for it breathtaking nature beauty, KPK will be also be identified for it's archaeological importance and ancient mysteries.
Such efforts should be fully encouraged and appreciated.
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Looks like KPK’s Ghandharan past may finally become a mainstream area of archaeological research.
Change at the top: Archaeology dept director appointed
****PESHAWAR: **Dr Abdul Samad was appointed director at the Directorate of Archaeology and Museum by the establishment department on Friday.
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Previously, Dr Samad was a BPS-19 assistant professor and the head at the Department of Archaeology in the School of Cultural Heritage and Creative Technologies at Hazara University in Mansehra.
From Jungle Khel area of Kohat, the new director is a DAAD scholar and did his PhD in ‘Archaeology, Gandhara art, numismatics and South Asian languages and cultures’ from Freie University, Germany in 2011.
The same university also published his book Emergence of Hinduism in Gandhara: Analyses of Material Culture in 2012. Dozens of his research papers have been published nationally as well as internationally.
Samad also studied Sanskrit at Freie University as well as world heritage studies and cultural management from the Technical University of Cottbus, Germany.
Samad will be the youngest director of the Archaeology and Museum department. He told The Express Tribune, “I have taken charge as the director of the K-P archaeology and museum department.” He added they will work for the protection and preservation of the rich heritage of K-P.