A 1,300-year-old Hindu temple has been discovered by the Pakistan and Italian Archaeological Department in a mountain in the Swat district of northwestern Pakistan. The temple was discovered during excavations at Barikot Khandai. According to a source, the temple belongs to Lord Vishnu and was built here during Hindu rule.
Fazal Khaliq, a senior official with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Archaeological Department, confirmed on Thursday that an idol of Lord Vishnu had been erected here and was worshiped many years ago. He further said that this temple was built 1,300 years ago during the Hindu dynasty.
Fazal Khalik of the Archaeological Department said the temple was built 1300 years ago during the Hindu royal period. Hindu Shahi or Kabul Shahi (850 to 1026 AD) was a Hindu dynasty that ruled the Kabul Valley (eastern Afghanistan), Gandhara (modern Pakistan) and present day northwest India. The head of Italy's archeology department, Dr. This was the first temple of Gandhar culture discovered in Swat district, Luca said.
During the excavations, camps and minarets were also found near the temple site where the guards lived. Khalik said the Swat district has a thousand-year-old archeological sites and traces of Hindu imperial times have been found in the area for the first time. Experts have also discovered a lake of water near the temple. Devotees in this lake laugh while bathing here before worship. Traces of Hindu imperial period have been found in this area for the first time.
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