There are two Hindu temples above the village of Amb Sharif about five miles south of Sakesar. Like the temples at Malot and Katas in the eastern Salt Range, the temples at Amb share some features of the Kashmir style of architecture, but instead of a pyramidal roof, they have the less conical Shankara design as found in temples at Kafir Kot on the Western side of the Indus River across from Mianwali (Rahman 1979282-3) . A third temple is mentioned in earlier reports ( Cunningham 33, Wilson 29, Rodgers 9) and was visible as late as 1985, but is no longer preserved. The larger temple on a square platform (93’x62’) has been repaired for structural support. Just as in the temple at Katas, once can climb o the top of this temple (60’) via a staircase inding through three stories. Based on the architecture of these temples, Cunningham estimated a date of between 800-950 AD for the construction of these temples.
Surrounding the site are extensive archaeological remains of stone buildings. Near the northern side of the side is an underground spring, which has been protected by some very old masonry. This channel was probably the water supply for the settlement. On the ridge above the temples and the ruins of dwelling places is a very strong defensive wall constructed from large blocks of stone. Comparing this structure to forts at Malot and Nandana will probably reveal that it belongs to the period of the Hindu Shahis around 1000 A.D. Aurel Stein’s Archaeological reconnaissance’s in North-Western India and South-eastern Iran (London 1937) is a good source for the study of Hindu Shahi temples and forts in the Salt range.