BHAMALA, Taxila (Caves at)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

So-called -prehistoric caves- of archaeological interest and dubious nature (perhaps true caves, possibly rock shelters) reported Krishnaswami, V D (note 1) and DANI, A H (note 2) from Bhamala (MARSHALL, J 1951, 1: 391; DANI 1986) or Bhamula (Krishnaswami 1946a) in the Taxila area. SITUATION: MARSHALL, J (1951, 1: 391) places Bhamala [note 3] … at the very head of the Haro river [note 4] among the Murree foot-hills, ten miles [16 km] or so to the east of Sirsukh (33°46'41”N: 72°50'58”E, nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003).So-called -prehistoric caves- of archaeological interest and dubious nature (perhaps true caves, possibly rock shelters) reported Krishnaswami, V D (note 1) and DANI, A H (note 2) from Bhamala (MARSHALL, J 1951, 1: 391; DANI 1986) or Bhamula (Krishnaswami 1946a) in the Taxila area. SITUATION: MARSHALL, J (1951, 1: 391) places Bhamala [note 3] … at the very head of the Haro river [note 4] among the Murree foot-hills, ten miles [16 km] or so to the east of Sirsukh (33°46'41”N: 72°50'58”E, nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003).