Verified27.3500° N · 68.7200° E · 45 m
Kot Diji Mound — Khairpur Type Outlier East
Kot Diji (3300–2600 BCE)·Kot Diji–Harappan·🇵🇰 Sindh, Pakistan
About
About Kot Diji Mound — Khairpur Type Outlier East
Kot Diji Mound — Khairpur Type Outlier East in Sindh, Pakistan is a Kot Diji (3300–2600 BCE) tell attributed to Kot Diji–Harappan. Eastern outlier beyond Kot Diji type-site with defensive walls extension. Khan Kot Diji extension east 1.5 ha with Kot Diji pottery and fort walls.
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 (3300–2600 BCE)
- Culture
- Kot Diji–Harappan
- Purpose
- Eastern outlier beyond Kot Diji type-site with defensive walls extension
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3300 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1930 CE
Mackay/Marshall survey
On the ground
Structures & features
27.3500° N · 68.7200° E · 45 m · 4 mapped features
Kot Diji Mound — Khairpur Type Outlier East — Citadel Mound
citadelCitadel summit
27.3501° N · 68.7201° EKot Diji Mound — Khairpur Type Outlier East — Town Wall Stretch
wallsWalled circuit segment
27.3498° N · 68.7202° EKot Diji Mound — Khairpur Type Outlier East — Industrial Terrace
workshopWorkshop/bead/industrial terrace
27.3504° N · 68.7198° EKot Diji Mound — Khairpur Type Outlier East — Reservoir
reservoirStorage
27.3496° N · 68.7199° E