Mundigak — Kandahar Bronze Age Mound
Chalcolithic–Bronze Age (4000–2000 BCE) Mundigak·Mundigak–Helmand·🇦🇫 Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
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About Mundigak — Kandahar Bronze Age Mound
Mundigak — Kandahar Bronze Age Mound in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan is a Chalcolithic–Bronze Age (4000–2000 BCE) Mundigak tell attributed to Mundigak–Helmand. Mound 35 ha with 7 m high citadel and columned palace Mundigak IV (2500 BCE). Casal Mundigak 4000 BCE with Murghab pottery and columned palace.
Why it mattersKey Gandharan–Kushan monastery illustrating Buddhist expansion
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Gandhara art evolution
- 02Kushan imperial network
Theories
- 01Monastic economy
- 02Greco-Buddhist fusion
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. 4000 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic–Bronze Age (4000–2000 BCE) Mundigak
- Culture
- Mundigak–Helmand
- Purpose
- Mound 35 ha with 7 m high citadel and columned palace Mundigak IV (2500 BCE)
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 4000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Modern excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
31.8700° N · 65.4000° E · 1000 m · 3 mapped features
Mundigak — Kandahar Bronze Age Mound — Citadel Summit
summitSummit
31.8701° N · 65.4001° EMundigak — Kandahar Bronze Age Mound — Lower Terrace
terraceLower mound extension
31.8698° N · 65.4002° EMundigak — Kandahar Bronze Age Mound — Kiln Area
kilnsKilns
31.8704° N · 65.3998° E