Verified32.6000° N · 71.5000° E · 300 m
Tar-Khaniala — Salt Range Harappan Outwork
Kot Diji–Harappan (3000–1900 BCE)·Harappan frontier·🇵🇰 Punjab, Pakistan
About
About Tar-Khaniala — Salt Range Harappan Outwork
Tar-Khaniala — Salt Range Harappan Outwork in Punjab, Pakistan is a Kot Diji–Harappan (3000–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan frontier. Salt Range Harappan mound with bituminous Harappan pottery. Mughal Salt Range Harappan mound with Kot Diji and Harappan.
Why it mattersKey Harappan frontier 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. 3000 BCE
- Period
- Kot Diji–Harappan (3000–1900 BCE)
- Culture
- Harappan frontier
- Purpose
- Salt Range Harappan mound with bituminous Harappan pottery
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 3000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1930 CE
Mackay/Marshall survey
On the ground
Structures & features
32.6000° N · 71.5000° E · 300 m · 3 mapped features
Tar-Khaniala — Salt Range Harappan Outwork — Citadel Mound
citadelCitadel summit
32.6001° N · 71.5001° ETar-Khaniala — Salt Range Harappan Outwork — Town Wall Stretch
wallsWalled circuit segment
32.5998° N · 71.5002° ETar-Khaniala — Salt Range Harappan Outwork — Industrial Terrace
workshopWorkshop/bead/industrial terrace
32.6004° N · 71.4998° E