Heritage record
Jhukar Mound
SindhSettlementProtected
This site was visited in 1928 by late Mr. N.G. Majumdar who also investigated two mounds. The preliminary investigation yielded pottery and other objects belonging to several cultures. In the lower remains are characteristics of the Harappan Period up to the late Jhukar period. A third culture was noticed was that of the Indo-Sassanians. Majumdar also excavated hoard of 259 coins of the Kushan king Vasudeva and his successors.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 4863
- Province / territory
- Sindh
- District
- Larkana
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Settlement
- Period
- Proto Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992) (instrument: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992))
- Coordinates
- 27.55997, 68.12626 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Jansen, Michael, Yasmeen Lari. (2015). Inventory of Cultural Property in the Province of Sindh, Pakistan, 2015. Government of Sindh, Vol 3.
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