Shah Allah Ditta

  (Urdu: شاہ اللہ دتہ) is a centuries-old city and unions in the Margalla Hills sub-region of the Islamabad Capital Territory.

 The town is named after the Mughal Dervish period. The village is believed to be Mughal Dervish. 

More than seven hundred years old and was used as a route from Kabul to the city of Gandharan in Taxila by Alexander the Great and Sher Shah Suri while the Mughal rulers and other rulers often passed through Afghanistan to Hindustan.

Reasons for the Buddhist period dating. back in the 8th century, it can be found here with burnt Dias and trees with turbans tied to them.

The Shah Allah Ditta Caves are located on the road to Khanpur. The caves are near the temple and the tomb of Shah Allah Ditta. 

2,400-year-old Buddha paintings of Buddha appear on the walls of caves in Shah Allah Ditta.

Archaeological evidence suggests that the caves and structures surrounding the site were first used by Buddhist monks and later by the Hindu sadhus before the Islamic ascetics took over the Mughal period.

Marked on the ground near the caves is the area where Alexander arrived and was welcomed by Raja Ambi, King of Taxi. 

The road near the caves leading to the great mountain peak, Shah Allah Ditta Road, is said to have been built in a straight line followed by Pashtun ruler Sher Shah Suri during his visit.

As you climb the mountain from the caves, there is an entrance spring called Losar Baoli and a mosque built by Shahāb-ud-Din Ghori.

 The mosque has broken through walls and the road to it has collapsed. In October 2010, the Capital Development Authority (CDA) finally approved the project after realizing the importance of preserving the 2,400-year-old archeological site. 

 The program includes the conservation of Buddha caves and a nearby garden known as 'Sadhu ka Bagh'.  This is Islamabad's second world heritage site; the first was the historic town of Saidpur, also located in the foothills of Margallas.

The Taxila Institute of Asian Studies, Quaid-Azam University, the Natural History Museum, and the Department of Construction, and the recent effort by the NUST Mass Communications Department have called on the government to preserve such Mughal heritage sites.

Japan's ambassador to Pakistan has reportedly donated funds to maintain the Shah Allah Ditta caves. There is almost. 23,000 canal area located in Shah Allah Ditta village and surrounding areas. 

As of July 2011, approx. 17,000 canal land is private, and approximately. 6,000 acres of land have been purchased by real estate developers in the D-13, E-13, and C-13 categories.

The coalition government has only 30 sites in Shah Allah Ditta and surrounding areas.