Shahbazgarhi

Shahbazgarhi

Shahbazgarhi is a town of Mansehra District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. It lies at 33°54'57N 72°29'10E and has an altitude of 293 metres (964 feet), [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/4/Shahbazgarhi.html Location of Shahbazgarhi - Falling Rain Genomics] ] the town is the location of ancient rock-inscriptions [ [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V19_155.gifNorth-West Frontier Province - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 19, p. 149.] ] that are cut into two large rock boulders and written in the Kharosthi script. [ [http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1880/ Shahbazgarhi Rock Edicts - UNESCO] ]

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