Fil Khana 5: upper Niche

(بهسود ولسوالۍ - AF)
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Grottocenter / carte

Description

Various descriptions

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A rude, square niche, perhaps about 15 or 20 feet high [4.5 or 6m], with openings to the south and west, so that the figure, which, from the height of the niche, I suppose to have been a standing one, could have been seen from the two sides. The niche presents no architectural features, unless it be that of the trefoil arch, so peculiar to the trans-Indus structures, and this was so very rudely done, that the intention of the maker might pass unnoticed [SIMPSON 1882: 327]. SITUATION: Above the Fil Khana Tope, which itself lies above the Fil Khana caves nos. 1 to 4.

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Simpson, Willliam 1882.

History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0Fil Khana 1: Vihara
0.0Fil Khana (Caves at)
0.0Fil Khana 4: Bazaar
1.4Bahrabad (Grottes de)
1.4FIL KHANA 2: Elephant House
1.4FIL KHANA 3: Niche
1.4FIL KHANA karez / kariz
5.4Barabad karez / kariz
5.7Surkh Tope (Caves at)