Jinnan Wali Dheri: Stupa and Monastery

Name of Monument: Jinnan Wali Dheri

Location: District Haripur

Date of Occupation: 5th Century AD

The archeological site of Jinnan Wali Dheri is located about 7 miles from Taxila on the left bank of Haro River. It is the remains of a Buddhist monastic complex dating to the 5th century AD. It is one of the best-preserved Buddhist monastic complexes in the Taxila valley. The complex includes a main stupa, votive stupas, an enclosure around the main stupa provided with chapel facing towards main stupa, two platforms of rather late period constructed in front of the chapels situated on both corners of the eastern wall, an upper court votive stupa and a monastery on the eastern side of the stupa. Discoveries at Jinnan Wali Dera include fragments of murals on the walls of the corridor of a monastery leading to the main stupa. The paintings collapsed when the site was destroyed by the White Huns in the 5th century.