Rahman Dheri — Kot Diji Planned Harappan Fortified City
Kot Diji to Mature Harappan (3300–1800 BCE)·Kot Diji–Harappan planned city·🇵🇰 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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About Rahman Dheri — Kot Diji Planned Harappan Fortified City
Rahman Dheri — Kot Diji Planned Harappan Fortified City in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Kot Diji to Mature Harappan (3300–1800 BCE) tell attributed to Kot Diji–Harappan planned city. Fortified 22 ha planned city with street grid and ivory workshop, earliest urban planning. Dani Rahman Dheri 22 ha grid plan 3300 BCE with ivory workshop and seals.
Why it mattersKey Kot Diji–Harappan planned city 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 to Mature Harappan (3300–1800 BCE)
- Culture
- Kot Diji–Harappan planned city
- Purpose
- Fortified 22 ha planned city with street grid and ivory workshop, earliest urban planning
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3300 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1930 CE
Mackay/Marshall survey
On the ground
Structures & features
31.9700° N · 70.6200° E · 190 m · 3 mapped features
Rahman Dheri — Kot Diji Planned Harappan Fortified City — Citadel Mound
citadelCitadel summit
31.9701° N · 70.6201° ERahman Dheri — Kot Diji Planned Harappan Fortified City — Town Wall Stretch
wallsWalled circuit segment
31.9698° N · 70.6202° ERahman Dheri — Kot Diji Planned Harappan Fortified City — Industrial Terrace
workshopWorkshop/bead/industrial terrace
31.9704° N · 70.6198° E