Guwahati: A joint team of Pakistani and Italian archaeologists in northwest Pakistan has discovered a 2,300-year-old Buddhist temple in Pakistan along with many other valuable artifacts that have been found in the excavation.
The temple has been found in the Buddhist period Bajira town of Barikot tehsil in Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. This temple is said to be the oldest temple of the Buddhist period in Pakistan.
In this regard, a senior official said, “Pakistan and Italian archaeologists during joint excavations at a historic site in north-west Pakistan have discovered a temple dating back to the Buddhist period, 2,300 years old, and other valuable artifacts.” have been recovered. The temple found in Swat is older than the temples found in Taxila, Pakistan.
Furthermore, archaeologists have also recovered more than 2,700 other Buddhist artifacts, including coins, rings, utensils, and material written in the Kharoshthi language from the time of King Minandar of Greece. Italian experts have expressed confidence that more archaeological sites can be found during excavations in the historic city of Bajira in the Swat district. Italian Ambassador to Pakistan Andre Ferraris told reporters that the archaeological sites in Pakistan are very important for different religions of the world