Two of the largest ancient coin deposits ever attested to,[3] were discovered in the village, in 1947 and 1992.[4] The hoards contained over half a million punch-marked coins dating from the late 5th century BC, to the 1st century AD, containing early Indian bent-bar and punch-marked coins, Greek, Graeco-Bactrian, Indo-Greek, Indo-Scythian, Indo-Parthian, and Kushana origins coins. The hoards were plundered in later years, and seen being openly sold, in February 1994, in the Peshawar bazaar.[5][6] The village he controversial Alexander Medaillon[7][8][9] is said to have come from the treasure looted at Mir Zakah between 1992 and 1993.[1][10]
^"Review: Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions by Frank L. Holt" Review by: Henry Paul Francfort, Arts asiatiques Année 2012 Volume 67 Numéro 1 p. 173 :"les auteurs, tous deux numismates de renom, nous font entrer dans les méandres de la controverse qui règne autour de l'authenticité d'une médaille en or ... représentant au droit un portrait d'Alexandre le Grand et au revers un éléphant." Eng.:"The authors, both renowned numismatists, lead us into the labyrinthine controversy around the authenticity of a gold medal ... representing on the obverse a portrait of Alexander the Great and on the reverse an elephant."
