Verified32.3300° N · 70.2700° E · 300 m
Gumla — Gomal Valley Harappan Fort
Kot Diji–Harappan (3300–1900 BCE)·Kot Diji–Harappan·🇵🇰 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
About
About Gumla — Gomal Valley Harappan Fort
Gumla — Gomal Valley Harappan Fort in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Kot Diji–Harappan (3300–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Kot Diji–Harappan. Valley Harappan fort with Kot Diji pottery on Gomal plain. Dani Gumla type Kot Diji.
Why it mattersKey Kot Diji–Harappan settlement for Harappan sequence
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Harappan chronology
- 02Kot Diji transition
Theories
- 01Planned urbanism
- 02Shell industry trade
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 3300 BCE
- Period
- Kot Diji–Harappan (3300–1900 BCE)
- Culture
- Kot Diji–Harappan
- Purpose
- Valley Harappan fort with Kot Diji pottery on Gomal plain
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3300 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1930 CE
Mackay/Marshall survey
On the ground
Structures & features
32.3300° N · 70.2700° E · 300 m · 3 mapped features
Gumla — Gomal Valley Harappan Fort — Citadel Mound
citadelCitadel summit
32.3301° N · 70.2701° EGumla — Gomal Valley Harappan Fort — Town Wall Stretch
wallsWalled circuit segment
32.3298° N · 70.2702° EGumla — Gomal Valley Harappan Fort — Industrial Terrace
workshopWorkshop/bead/industrial terrace
32.3304° N · 70.2698° E