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Faculty members of COMSATS University, Islamabad, visited Old Bhera ( now called Ahmadabad/ Burrarian mounds ).See on the website .bhera.org. Under the category. Ancient Bhera .The linlk is given below :https://bhera.org/faculty-members-of-comsats-university-islamabad-visited-old-bhera-now-called-ahmadabad-burrarian-mounds-see-on-the-website-bhera-org-under-the-category-ancient-bhera-the-linlk-is-given-belo/. Zahid Mumtaz
Faculty members of COMSATS University, Islamabad, visited Old Bhera ( now called Ahmadabad/ Burrarian mounds ). It was heartening that the faculty members of COMSATS University Islamabad visited the ancient site of Old Bhera, now known locally as Ahmadabad or the Burrarian mounds, on my request ( I accompanied them). The…
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Old Bhera was on the right bank of the River Jhelum, opposite the present-day Bhera ( AD 1540). Old Bhera is now called Ahmadabad / Burrarian. Brief information about it is given below in Parts 1 to 9. Seeon teh website. bhera.org.Under the categoty. Ancient Bhera . The link is given below :https://bhera.org/old-bhera-was-on-the-right-bank-of-the-river-jhelum-opposite-the-present-day-bhera-ad-1540-old-bhera-is-now-called-ahmadabad-burrarian-brief-information-about-it-is-given-below-in-parts-1-to-9/. Zahid Mumtaz
Old Bhera was on the right bank of the River Jhelum, opposite the present-day Bhera ( AD 1540). Old Bhera is now called Ahmadabad / Burrarian. Brief information about it is given below in Parts 1 to 9 *Part 1* . The origin of old Bhera is indistinct and obscure. It…
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BHERA – Reference: Stein Aurel: Archaeological Reconnaissance in North – Western India & South – Eastern Iran. PP 59 – 60
The object of the tour started after reaching the old town of Bhera on December 10th, was to gain acquaintance with any old sites to be traced along the Jhelum as far as its course lies within the Shahpur District. The tour was subsequently to be extended to the sandy tract…
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BHERA- Extracts from the Gazetteer on District Shahpur-1905
At the time of Alexander’s invasion, the Salt Range between the Indus and the Jhelum was ruled by Sophytes, who submitted without resistance to Hephaestion and Craterus in the autumn of 326 B.C. The capital of his kingdom is possibly to be found at old Bhera. After Alexander left India, the…
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Antiquities of Iron Age, Achaemenian, Greek. Mauryan periods were discovered at Bhera. Dated: Dawn 6 Nov 2003
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: Antiquities of Iron Age, Achaemenian (553-330BC), Greek (321-184BC) and Mauryan (14BC) periods have been discovered in an excavation from the Greek city of Bhera. The excavation has been done by Dr M. Salim of Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations, Quaid-i-Azam University. According to the Institute, the ancient Bhera…