Verified32.4000° N · 70.3000° E · 310 m
Jhandi Babar — Gomal Kot Diji Mound
Kot Diji (3300–2600 BCE)·Kot Diji·🇵🇰 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
About
About Jhandi Babar — Gomal Kot Diji Mound
Jhandi Babar — Gomal Kot Diji Mound in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Kot Diji (3300–2600 BCE) tell attributed to Kot Diji. Mound with Kot Diji pottery south of Gumla. Jhandi Babar Kot Diji small mound.
Why it mattersKey Kot Diji 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 (3300–2600 BCE)
- Culture
- Kot Diji
- Purpose
- Mound with Kot Diji pottery south of Gumla
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3300 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1930 CE
Mackay/Marshall survey
On the ground
Structures & features
32.4000° N · 70.3000° E · 310 m · 4 mapped features
Jhandi Babar — Gomal Kot Diji Mound — Citadel Mound
citadelCitadel summit
32.4001° N · 70.3001° EJhandi Babar — Gomal Kot Diji Mound — Town Wall Stretch
wallsWalled circuit segment
32.3998° N · 70.3002° EJhandi Babar — Gomal Kot Diji Mound — Industrial Terrace
workshopWorkshop/bead/industrial terrace
32.4004° N · 70.2998° EJhandi Babar — Gomal Kot Diji Mound — Reservoir
reservoirStorage
32.3996° N · 70.2999° E