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Location
The stupa is located in the valley of Amluk-Dara which is located in the Swat District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. This region was once a part of the ancient Gandhara civilization.

History
The stupa was discovered in 1926 by Sir Aurel Stein, a British-Hungarian archaeologist during his visit to Swat. He said that it was "possibly one of the best preserved pieces of Buddhist architecture in Gandhara". In 1956, the stupa was documented for the first time by Giuseppe Tucci, who was an Italian scholar. In 1960s and 1970s Domenico Faccena researched on it.