032. Chaghan Sarai

Variant Name: Chiga Serai

Kunar Province. At the confluence of the Pech and Kunar Rivers, circa 100 kilometers northeast of Jalalabad.

Date: Turki-Hindu Shahi, 8th-10th century AD (ceramic, stylistic).

An extensive fortification system consisting of ramparts, towers and buildings on a hill overlooking a Moslem cemetery. Incorporated into some of the graves are some ancient sculpture fragments, possibly from a shrine dedicated to a Shivaite linga cult in a medieval northwestern Indian style.





Source: Warwick Ball, Archaeological Gazetteer of Afghanistan, 1982, n. 154

Chaghan Sarai is found at the
above coordinates on JOG map
1501ANI4208_geo.pdf


FlashEarth aerial view of Chaglan Sarai (external resource).