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Alam Bridge inscriptions

archaeological site in Gilgit, Pakistan

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ18109512 ↗
Source-derived summary

Alam Bridge inscriptions refers to the archaeological inscriptions on the rocks, near the Alam Bridge. The inscriptions are in Kharoshti and Brahmi script, and are mostly animal carvings and Stupas.

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External links

"Images and Panoramas of Alam Bridge, Inscription, and surroundings". heritage360.pk. November–December 2019.

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The public source identifies “Alam Bridge inscriptions” as archaeological site in Gilgit, Pakistan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Alam, Bridge and inscriptions.

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This entry incorporates text from “Alam Bridge inscriptions” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.