Shahbazgarhi is a village in Mardan District

Mardan District

Mardan is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The city of Mardan is the headquarters of the district. The district also contains the famous archaeological site of Takht Bhai, Jamal Ghari and Sawal Dher.-Administration:...

 of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan

Pakistan

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. It lies at 33°54'57N 72°29'10E and has an altitude of 293 metres (964 feet).

It is about 12 km from Mardan city. It has beautiful mountains, green trees, open fields and a small river in the centre of the village.

In old times all these facilities made it attractive for the army and travellers to dig in their tents here, stay for few days and organize their further strategy. The historic Stones of Ashoka, and other sites like Mekha Sanda are worth visiting. The most attractive building of the new era is the high school.

Shahbazgarhi Rock Edicts

The town is the location of ancient rock-inscriptions that are cut into two large rock boulders and written in the Kharosthi script. They retain immense historical importance, as they appear to be the first examples of writing in South Asia. They were constructed during the 3rd Century BC, during the reign of Asoka, the famous Mauryan emperor.
The rock edicts were added to the UNESCO

UNESCO

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 World Heritage Tentative List on January 30th, 2004 in the Cultural category.