Sanghao Cave

The cave is located near Peshawar in the Mardan District of northern Pakistan at an altitude of 600 m (2,000 ft). The cave is often referred as Parkho-darra.

Evidence of human activity in the Middle Palaeolithic has been reported from Sanghao Cave.^[2] The cave was excavated by Ahmad Hasan Dani in 1963. Chipped stone, bones, were found during the excavation.^[3] Other items included scrapers, quartz tools, blades, flakes, etc.^[4][5][6]

• Bhimbetka rock shelters
• Lithic analysis

• Sigfried J. de Laet, Ahmad Hasan Dani, José Luis Lorenzo, Unesco, R. B. Nunoo (1994). History of Humanity: Prehistory and the beginnings of civilization. Taylor & Francis. p. 163. ISBN 9780415093057.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Bridget Allchin (29 July 1982). The Rise of Civilization in India and Pakistan. Cambridge University. p. 53. ISBN 9780521285506.
• Brian M. Fagan; Charlotte Beck (2012). The Oxford Companion to Archaeology. Oxford. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-19-507618-9.
• Ian Shaw; Robert Jameson (2008). A Dictionary of Archaeology. John Wiley & Sons. p. 507. ISBN 9780470751961.