Takht Bhai (or Takht-i-Bahai or Takht-i-Bahi) is a site of historical importance in the Mardan District of the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. It contains the remains of a famous Buddhist monastery and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Takht means "throne" and bhai means "water".

The Takht Bhai was a Buddhist place in ancient time. It was called Takht Bhai because the Buddhist monastery was on the top of a mountain, and on the mountain there was a stream. Now there is a small spring at the place of the stream which can be found at the bottom of the mountain.

Takht Bhai is the most fertile tehsile in the Mardan Division, There are many crops grown in the Takht Bhai Tehsile, some of which are tobacco, wheat and sugar cane. Asia's first sugar mill was built here by the British Government near the Buddhist monastery.

External links

• Map of Gandhara archeological sites, from the Huntington Collection, Ohio State University (large file)
• "A Guide to Takht-i-Bahi"
• "Stone cutting posing threat to Takht Bhai relics' maintenance"

World Heritage Sites in Pakistan | Archaeological sites in Pakistan | History of Buddhism | Mardan District