فضائل و مناقب حسنين الكريمين سيدنا امام حسن و سيدنا امام حسين رضي الله عنهما
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Perch of the Queen
From the Blog odysseuslahoriThe Yusufzai plain in Mardan District was once rich with stories of Raja Vara. Inevitably, most ancient ruins in this district abounding with Gandhara sculpture were attributed to this mythical raja. So when archaeologist Alexander Cunningham visited the area in the 1860s in search of sites connected with Alexander's campaigns, he was told the legend of Raja Vara and his rock climbing queen. Vara's ruined castle high up on an elongated hill above Naogram village was remarkable for the large, upright and smooth-sided rock rearing nearly eight metres above the hill's northern extremity. This, the queen is said to have ascended daily to survey her husband's territory. And so the complex of ruined buildings was Rani Gut or the Queen's Rock in Pashto. Driven by his focus on Alexandepakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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