Shaikhan Dheri
Pushkalavati was the capital of the ancient region of Gāndhāra, situated in present day's Pakistan. Its ruins are located on the outskirts of the modern city of Charsadda, in Charsadda District, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 35-42 kilometres northeast of Peshawar, at the banks of Jindi River, near the junction of Swat River with Kabul River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gandharian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Pakistan, former capital of the Gandhara kingdom
- Also known as: “Peucelaotis”, “Peucolaotis”, “Peukelaotis”, and “Pushkalavati”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Charsadda Railway Station.
Charsadda Railway Station
Railway station
Charsadda Railway Station is located in Charsadda, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of, Pakistan. This is the last station on the Mardan–Charsadda Branch Line. Charsadda Railway Station is situated 2½ km southeast of Shaikhan Dheri.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Charsadda and Mera Umarzai.
Charsadda
Photo: Zeeshan afand, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Charsadda is a town and headquarters of Charsadda District, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Located in the Valley of Peshawar, Charsadda lies about 29 kilometres from the provincial capital of Peshawar at an altitude of 276 metres.
Mera Umarzai
Town
Mera Umarzai is a town and union council in Charsadda District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Mera Umarzai is situated 8 km north of Shaikhan Dheri.
Nisatta
Town
Nisatta also referred to as Nisaia, Nysa and Nysian is a town and union council of Charsadda District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at 34°6'8N 71°47'47E and has an altitude of 277 metres. Nisatta is situated 9 km southeast of Shaikhan Dheri.
Shaikhan Dheri
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Charsadda District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.16788° or 34° 10′ 4″ northLongitude
71.73778° or 71° 44′ 16″ eastElevation
307 metres (1,007 feet)Open location code
8J6H5P9Q+54OpenStreetMap ID
node 3655564725OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Shaikhan Dheri” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “পুষ্কলাবতী”
- Catalan: “Peucela”
- Catalan: “Peucelaotis”
- Catalan: “Peukelaotis”
- Catalan: “Pushkalavati”
- Czech: “Puškalávatí”
- Czech: “Puškálavatí”
- German: “Pushkalavati”
- Hebrew: “פושקאלאווטי”
- Hindi: “पुष्कलावती”
- Italian: “Pushkalavati (antica città)”
- Italian: “Pushkalavati”
- Japanese: “プシュカラヴァーティ”
- Marathi: “पुशकलवती”
- Pushto: “پُشْكَلآوَتي”
- Tamil: “புஷ்கலாவதி”
- Urdu: “پشکلاوتی”
- Western Panjabi: “پشکلاوتی”
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