Takht Bhai
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Takht Bhai (or Takht-i-Bahai or Takht-i-Bahi) is a site of historical importance in the Mardan District of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. It contains the remains of a famous Buddhist monastery and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Takht means "throne" and bhai means "water".
The Takht Bhai was a Buddhist place in ancient time. It was called Takht Bhai because the Buddhist monastery was on the top of a mountain, and on the mountain there was a stream. Now there is a small spring at the place of the stream which can be found at the bottom of the mountain.
In modern times, it is lying in utter neglect as Pakistan is a muslim majority country and hardly any buddist live here, budhism was took over by Hinduism centuries before muslims arrived in India. Unfortunately, and monastry is in very bad condition today. Most of the statues and stone carvings are incomplete. Due to lack of funds monastry going into ruins. Takht Bhai is the most fertile tehsile in the Mardan Division, There are many crops grown in the Takht Bhai Tehsile, some of which are tobacco, wheat and sugar cane. Asia's first sugar mill was built here by the British Government near the Buddhist monastery.
[edit] External links
- Map of Gandhara archeological sites, from the Huntington Collection, Ohio State University (large file)
- "A Guide to Takht-i-Bahi"
- "Stone cutting posing threat to Takht Bhai relics' maintenance"
Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro | Buddhist Ruins of Takht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol | Fort and Shalamar Gardens, Lahore | Monuments of Thatta | Rohtas Fort | Taxila
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