Bannu Museum

1.       Lewan Site

            The site of Lewan lies on a partly reworked alluvial terrace. The site is oriented approximately north-South and measures 450 x 325M. Another degraded terrace fragment lies about 500m to the east. Both Lewan and the adjacent terrace fragment have a surface scatter of heavily varnished stones, but in the case of lewan the majority of these stones are fractured and broken. With the exception of a gravel lens which was found at a depth of 2.4M in Frenc LWN IV. The North-South orientation of both the Lewan site and the adjacent terrace suggests that the original terrace deposit was cut, and partly reworked by a distributary of the Baran system.

2.       Surface of Mound

            The accumulation of stone in particular is due to two factories. In the first place a considerable amount of stone appears to have been brought to the mound for the purposes of tool making. The second reason for the multiplicity of stones on the surface is the process of deflation or reduction of the mound by erosion that has taken place since its occupation.

3.       Surface Store

            The surface of the Lewan site is covered with stone and fragments of pottery. The stones are all heavily varnished of their exposed surfaces and the majority of them are broken. A comparison of stones from sample quadrates  on the Lewan site and the adjacent terrace revealed that 87% of the stones on the site were fractured compared to only 18% on the adjacent terrace. The broken surfaces of the Lewan stones are almost all varnished.

Bannu Museum

            Bannu is the only Museum which is design by an architecture and architect. The design of the a Bannu Museum prepared by the archaeological and the director was completely different then the present Museum design. There were two exhibitions gallery and one Lobi and Athurater residence and guest room have been design to be on the top of the two exhibition gallery. If the artificial window Peshawar Museum were also provided in the design. If that design were accepted prepared by PWD and approved by Directed that has been disaster because the bathrooms of the resident and thruster and the guests rooms were on the top of the exhibition hall. The seepage and leakage of the bathrooms were the courses of used that have been visible on the roof of exhibition halls. It would represented a very bed look to the visitor. Now ataution were paid in the design to the security of the Museum and also there was no provision for a natured light. In the exhibition in the old design they only displayed of the provision and artificial light which all most not available which is a long loads heeding in Bannu. Some times more than 20 hours. This old design completely rejected and dropped and the Museum was constructed on the basis of new design. In the new design the thurator residence in the guest house were brought out to the ground on the Southern side Museum building. One small hall and office at the back of exhibition halls. They normally shokesses and design keeping  in view the size nature of the antiqualities. In all the three halls mountainous shokeses running around at the same width and the same depth. It have taken care of the intiqualities available for display the design were the shokesess. What have been different in each hall. The shokesess were very low quality and very bed material were used. The fiber down in the lobby area does not provided enough light and also in summer. Generator a lot of heat is granted by this fiber down and difficult to work at the lobby in summer in hall No.1 which states from to the right of lobby. Main script was displaced which were born from Peshawar Museum. Non of the main ascript belong to the area. In the second hall, dress, Jewelry  and Musical instruments displayed. The dresses and jewelry were displayed the Musical instrument were of local origin in still in uses in the area. The weapons also provided by Peshawar Museum. In the 3^rd exhibition archaeological material from the different excavated site. In chronological order which gives a very good idea of the archaeology profile of the Bannu Basin. The earlier material displayed in this gallery are stone tools – heavenly painted found in the drey ghondarey area. About 8 km from Bannu – on the Bannu, Mansehra road o nthe right side. The stone tools were found from the surface on the conglomerate of the ceralike formation. It has been dated  on the basis of ceralike formations to thirty thousand 30,000 (B.P)

            In Bannu Museum there are no key level and individual values in the exhibition halls. Accept the main exhibition hall. The visitor comes to the Museum looking to the antiquality displayed and living the Museum without learning any thing about the history and archaeology of the area. I propose and suggest the following key labels should be provided to aguciate the visitors to provide sufficient information about the antiquality.

            Key label should be about the archeological and profile of Bannu. The second key label should be about  the history of excavation of this area. A key label should be provided and Sheri Khan Tarakai. The (SKT0 is a first oldest 6500 years oldest village in (KPK).

Key Points

1.                           Key List of archaeological excavated sites.

2.                           A list of key label.

3.                           A list of history period sites in Bannu Basin.

4.                           Sheri Khan Tarakai key note.

5.                           Key note Akra.

6.                            Audience of the spread of Islam in Bannu was it Babul Islam

7.                           Originally Bannu Museum site was near the Bannu railway. It was the       land for the Museum all shape and it was not easily approachable.           Later on a new land was given on the railway D.G.Khan Road which         was square and was easily acceptable.

Technical Staff

In technical staff carpenter in electrician should be provided in Bannu Museum. A very small area for the storage and reserved area is provided. There should have been much beggar area for research collaboration areas. 

                                                                            By :   Ayaz Khan