Seri Bahlol, also Sahr-i Bahlol or Sahri Bahlol, is a city and archaeological site located near Takht-i-Bahi, in Mardan District, about 70 kilometer north-west of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Seri Bahlol
Seri Bahlol is at the center of the Gandhara area.
Excavations in 1911-1912.
Meditating Bodhisattva. Schist. Sahr-i-Bahlol. Patna Museum
Takht-i-Bahi, is an Indo-Parthian archaeological site of an ancient Buddhist monastery in Mardan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The site is considered among the most important relics of Buddhism in all of what was once Gandhara, and has been "exceptionally well-preserved."
A view of the site's main cluster of ruins
Aerial view of the ruins of the monastery
Statue of the Buddha, Takht-i-Bahi, 2nd–3rd century CE. Schist, H. 980 mm (39 in). Museum für Indische Kunst.
Couple protectors Pañcika and Hariti, Takht-i-Bahi. British Museum.