Pushkalavati

Pushkalavati ( " Lotus City ", Greek Kaspaturos ) was an ancient city in what is now Pakistan in the northwestern province located about 27 km from Peshawar. Ruin your fields are at the river Swat in the area of Charsadda. She was one of the main places Gandhararegion and was replaced only in the 2nd century AD from Peshawar, as Kanishka moved his capital there.

The town consisted of three population centers. Bala Hisar is located one kilometer from the northern suburbs and is the oldest, founded in the 6th century BC part. Asoka built here a large stupa which still admired Xuanzang around 630 AD. Excavations carried out in 1902 and 1958, by the mound a trail was drawn. What remains are two flat elevations, which are littered with potsherds.

Another kilometers northeast beyond a tributary of Swat is situated between the fields today Shaikhan Dheri called ruins. The place was built by the Bactrian Greeks and had right-angled streets. Here reigned Parthians, Sakas and the Kushan. The city was an important mint. The main streets of both cities were 750 feet long. In the 1960s, excavations took place here, in which only exposed small parts and nothing was preserved. In the 2nd century AD, the river changed its course and the town was flooded. It was built at a place called again today Rajar. Rajar has not been excavated and is as wide areas around Charsadda, of modern graves covered. Nearby are the ruins on the hill of Mir Ziarat and Shar -i - Napursan.

To the west of the city towards Kabul River are some high, unausgegrabene hill, called Prang. The place is probably sacred, there are dead burned here.