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Ghafoor Shah-Jo-Daro

SindhSettlementProtected
Ghafoor Shah-Jo-Daro is located about 11.3 km northwest of Shahdadkot city. It can be accessed from Shahdadkot via Shahdadkot- Shaho Jamali village road turning southwest along the water channel to the site. There is a shrine of Ghafoor Shah located on the north-eastern edge of the mound and a graveyard on the eastern part of the mound. There are traces of burnt brick debris visible on the site perhaps there are structures beneath. The surface of the site had concentration of cultural material on the site. The cultural repertoire from the surface included plain red ware pottery thin & thick in texture with open and short rims, thin potshards with grooved lines on the outer surface, plain gray ware shards, one body part with a handle and a small hole, broken long necked water vessel, broken handle and knobs, terracotta wheel, shell pieces and a broken iron object. The site has been disturbed by the locals who have illegally dug in various parts of the mound.
Record ID
10067
Province / territory
Sindh
District
Qambar Shahdadkot
Typology
Archaeological Site
Subtype
Settlement
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
27.89323, 67.83960 — source-provided, not field-verified
Verification status
source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
Sources
Shiekh, Nilofer. (2021). Documentation of the Heritage Sites and Monuments of Sindh. Endowment Fund Trust for Preservation of the Heritage of Sindh.

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