Bazira
settlement · 330 BC – 2099 AD
The site of an Indo-Greek settlement dating to the reign of King Menander I in the second century BC. This Hellenistic settlement covered some 30 ha at its peak. Earlier settlement phases have been identified, including a village dating ca. 1100-1000 B.C. in addition to Chalcolithic pit structures (ca. 1700 B.C.)
- Coordinates
- 34.68132, 72.21280
- Also known as
- Barikot (en), Barikot (en), Beira, Bī̄r-Koṭ-Ghwaṇḍai (ps)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)