The Bala Hisar of Charsadda is a 23m high mound covering an area of
some 25 hectares close to the confluence of the Swat and Kabul
rivers in North West Frontier Province's Vale of Peshawa.Although
not as formally investigated as Taxila to its south-east, it has
been subject to antiquarian and archaeological interest for over
100 years on account of its historical links with the Achaemenid
Empire and Alexander the Great. The focus of this research may have
changed significantly over time, mirroring broader methodological
and theoretical changes, but all researchers have attempted to
identify when this great tell site was founded and occupied, and
whether there is evidence of Alexander's siege of the site. These
issues are not merely of interest to ancient historians but are of
great interest to archaeologists of both southern and western Asia
as the origins of South Asia second urbanisation are also under
scrutiny.
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