Takht-i-Bahi Buddhist Ruins
Also known as Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (iv).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Pakistan
Inscribed
1980
List reference
140
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Takht-i-Bahi Buddhist Ruins is about 16 km north-west of Mardan. The nearest other World Heritage site is Taxila, about 100 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Mardan · about 300,000 peopleabout 16 km south-east
- Peshawar · about 1,303,000 peopleabout 50 km south-west
- Saidu · about 1,860,000 peopleabout 60 km north-east
- Kohat · about 343,000 peopleabout 95 km south-west
- Asadabad · about 48,000 peopleabout 95 km north-west
- Mansehra · about 66,000 peopleabout 120 km east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
PakistanCultural103 km away
PakistanCultural213 km away
PakistanCultural375 km away
TajikistanCultural440 km away
TajikistanNatural450 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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