These extensive remains of the Buddhist monastic establishment or Sangharama, were placed on the World Heritage List in 1980, and popularly known as the "throne of origins". This archaeological site and its associated secular buildings are located about 15 kilometres north-east of the city of Mardan in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. The Takht-i-Bahi Complex, a gigantic Buddhist establishment was discovered in 1852 by European Lieutenants Lumsden and Stokes. The complex comprises several well-knit units: i) Court of Many Stupas ii) Monastery iii) Main Stupa iv) Assembly Hall v) Low Level Chambers vi) Courtyard vii) Court of Three Stupas viii) Wall of Colossi ix) Secular buildings All these structures are built in grey-coloured limestone, in mud mortar. About five kilometres south-west of Takht-i-Bahi, is the modern village of Sahr-i-Bahlol, which occupies an extensive mound containing the remains of an ancient city, dating back to the same perio...