Charsadda

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Charsadda is a historic city in northwestern Pakistan known for its ancient Gandharan heritage and agricultural significance.


Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city
administrativeDivision Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province NERFINISHED
administrativeStatus district headquarters
associatedWith Buddhist period
Gandhara civilization
climate semi-arid climate
country Pakistan
crop maize
sugarcane
tobacco
wheat
economy agriculture-based economy
hasArchaeologicalSite Bala Hisar (Charsadda)
Palatu Dheri
Shaikhan Dheri
hasRoadConnection Peshawar–Charsadda Road
heritageStatus important archaeological region of Gandhara
historicalEra Achaemenid Empire
surface form: "Achaemenid period"

Indo-Greek Kingdoms
surface form: "Indo-Greek period"

Kushan Empire
surface form: "Kushan period"

Maurya Empire
surface form: "Mauryan period"
historicalName Pushkalavati
knownFor Gandhara civilization
surface form: "Gandharan heritage"

agriculture
ancient Buddhist sites
maize cultivation
sugarcane production
tobacco cultivation
wheat cultivation
languageSpoken Hindko
Pashto language
surface form: "Pashto"

Urdu
locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
western Pakistan
surface form: "northwestern Pakistan"
locatedNear Peshawar NERFINISHED
locatedOn bank of River Kabul
majorEthnicGroup Pashtuns
surface form: "Pashtun"
nearbyCity Mardan
Nowshera
partOf Charsadda District
provinceCapitalOf Charsadda District
region Peshawar Valley
religionMajority Islam
riverSystem Kabul River
Swat River NERFINISHED
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time
transport connected by road to Peshawar
UTCOffset +5

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hasCity Charsadda
KPK hasMajorCity Charsadda
subject surface form: "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa"
Nowshera nearbyCity Charsadda
Kabul River passesNear Charsadda