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Kafir Kot or Kafirkot is an ancient Hindu temple complex located in the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, in Indian subcontinent. It comprises of the remnants of five temples and an large fortress area. It was a historic Hindu fortress containing a renowned temple within its boundaries. The Kafir Kot complex in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is commonly called the northern Kafir Kot to differentiate it from the southern Kafir Kot situated in the town of Bilot Sharif, roughly 35 kilometres to the south. The ruins feature two forts in the northwest of the district on small hills connected to the lower slopes of the Khasor range, overlooking the Indus river close to the Chashma barrage. The District Gazetteer of Mianwali states that these forts possessed significant historical importance and age. The primary characteristics included an external protective wall made of rough stone blocks, some of which are quite large, along with several clusters of structures that resemble small Hindu temples, differing in their level of carving. These are made of a strangely honeycombed drab-coloured stone that is not present in the nearby hills, and it is claimed to have been transported by river from Khushalgarh. The size of the forts is significant, and they might have accommodated a reasonably sizable garrison. The sole legends associated with them indicate that they were inhabited by the final Hindu Rajas, Til and Bil; however, all traces of leaders and subjects has now vanished. The Ghaznavids were thought to have demolished the fort in the 11th century. #History #Architecture

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