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Ancient City :;Udyana
Udyana is the modern day Swat Valley, which is in Pakistan.

Udyana - Swat ValleyUdyana is the modern day Swat Valley, which is in Pakistan. The word Udyana in Sanskrit means garden or orchard. Udayana was a Buddhist region and the area is said to havesupported 500 Theravada Buddhist monasteries. Buddha`s footprints are found here. It is said that when Buddha came to North India, he came to this country, and that here he left a print of his foot. Udyana is of vital importance in the Vajrayana schools of Buddhism.

History of Udyana( Swat Valley)
Malam Jabba Ski ResortThe first inahbitants of the place settled in well-planned towns. The monarchs of this region were under the Achaemenid influence. In 327 BC, Alexander the Great besieged Barikot, which is a city locate din the Swat Valley region. By 305 BC, the region was occupied by the Mauyans.

In the 2nd century BC, the area was occupied by Buddhists, the Indo-Greeks, and the Kushans. Swat is the birth place of Vajrayana Buddhism.

Places of Interest in Udayana(Swat)
The places of interest are:
Malam Jabba, which is a renowned ski resort in Pakistan The Swat Museum where there are the footprints of Buddha(which was found in the Swat valley) The Butkarha (Swat) stupa.

(Last Updated on : 21/05/2008)
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