Kafir Kot
Kafir Kot or Kafirkot is an ancient Hindu temple complex in the Dera [Ismail Khan District|Dera Ismail Khan district] of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It consists of the ruins of five temples and a large fort. It was an ancient Hindu fort with a famous temple inside its walls. The Kafir Kot complex in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is often referred to as the "northern Kafir Kot" to distinguish it from the "southern Kafir Kot" that is located in the town of Bilot Sharif, approximately to the south.
The remains of Sindhu temple are "indications of the existence of a Hindu civilization of considerable importance and antiquity" according to a 1915 issue of the District Gazetteer of Mianwali.
Description
The ruin consists of two forts in the northwest of the district on small hills attached to the lower spurs of the Khasor range and overlooking the Indus river near the Chashma barrage. One lies a few miles south of Kundal and the other near Bilot.According to the District Gazetteer of Mianwali:
The fort was destroyed by the Ghaznavids in the 11th century.