[1][2] Akra has been known to scholars, though not explored in any depth, since the middle of the last century, and untouched by the modem archaeologist until 1995.

A much earlier site in this area, Sheri Khan Tarakai was also explored by the Bannu Archaeological Project.

Akra is the most important of all the sites of the Early Historic Period in Bannu and the most physically prominent of all ancient places in the Bunnu area.

[3] It is located in an idyllic rural landscape, with lush green fields, palm and poplar trees, and set to the tranquil sound of the Lohra (known locally as the ‘Lairra’) Nullah.

which has recently been transformed into the cloaca maxima of liannu City with the opening of the municipal sewage works upstream.