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Swatis unaware of ancient rock inscriptions’ importance
MINGORA: Deep in a small vale at Shakhorai village, there are three ancient rock inscriptions of the Buddhist times. However, the local people are unaware of the importance of the inscriptions.
According to Dr Luca Maria Olivieri, head of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Swat, the script of the inscriptions is Nagari or North Western Gupta character and the language is Sanskrit.