Danyor Rock Inscriptions is an archaeological site in

Danyor Danyor (Urdu:, Burushiski and ) is a city in the namesake sub-division in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. The city of Danyor is an administrative part of Gilgit District and lies across the Gilgit river on the outskirts of Gi ...

Gilgit-Baltistan Gilgit-Baltistan (; ), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative units of Pakistan, administrative territory and consists of the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has b ...

. It is a gigantic

boulder In geology, a boulder (or rarely bowlder) is a rock fragment with size greater than in diameter. Smaller pieces are called cobbles and pebbles. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, others are extremely massive. In ...

bearing inscriptions from the 7th and 8th centuries A.D.

Location

The site is located on the left bank of the

Gilgit River The Gilgit River () is a tributary of the Indus River, flowing through various districts of Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region, including Gupis-Yasin, Ghizer and Gilgit. The Gilgit River originates from Shandur Lake and proceeds to join the I ...

along the

Karakoram Highway The Karakoram Highway (, ), also known as the KKH, National Highway 35 (), N-35, and the ChinaPakistan Friendship Highway, is a National Highways of Pakistan, national highway which extends from Hasan Abdal in the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab p ...

Protection

The site is protected under the Pakistan Antiquities Act.

References

Archaeological sites in Gilgit-Baltistan Monuments and memorials in Gilgit-Baltistan Buildings and structures in Gilgit-Baltistan {{GilgitBaltistan-hist-stub 7th-century inscriptions 8th-century inscriptions