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[[File:Jinnan Wali Dheri.2.jpg|thumb|The Archeological site of Jinnan Wali Dheri, Taxila Pakistan]]
'''Jinnan Wali Dheri''' ("the mound of jinns") is an archaeological site near [[Taxila (modern)|Taxila]], [[Pakistan]]. It is the remains of a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monastic complex dating to the 5th century AD, part of the remains of the [[Gandhara]] civilization.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1189515/the-spirits-of-jinnan-wali-dheri|title=The spirits of Jinnan Wali Dheri|work=Dawn|date=22 June 2015|first=Muzammil|last=Shah|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref> It is one of the best-preserved Buddhist monastic complexes in the Taxila valley.<ref name="DailyTimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2010\07\02\story_2-7-2010_pg11_4 |title=Archaeological site ‘Jinnan Wali Dheri’ inaugurated |last=Bashir |first=Mahtab |date=2 July 2010 |publisher=[[Daily Times (Pakistan)|Daily Times]]}}</ref>
The complex includes a main [[stupa]], [[votive]] stupas, an enclosure around the main stupa provided with [[chapel]]s facing towards main stupa, two platforms of rather late period constructed in front of the chapels situated on the both corners of the eastern wall, an upper court votive stupa and a monastery/[[sangharama]] on the eastern side of the stupa.{{fact|date=March 2012}}

Discoveries at Jinnan Wali Dera include fragments of murals on the walls of the corridor of a monastery leading to the main stupa. The paintings collapsed when the site was destroyed by the [[Hephthalite|White Huns]] in the 5th century. <ref name="DailyTimes"/>

In 2010, the complex was opened to the public.<ref name="DailyTimes"/>

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[[Category:Archaeological sites in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
[[Category:Buddhist monasteries in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Defunct Buddhist monasteries]]
[[Category:Taxila Tehsil]]
[[Category:Buddhist sites in Pakistan]]
[[Category:5th-century Buddhism]]
[[Category:5th-century Buddhist temples]]


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