Heritage record
Kot Diji Fortification Wall
SindhFortificationProtected
This is 3.6 m wide mud wall of fortification (Talpur period (18th-19th Century CE)) that once secured the entire town of Kot Diji stretching up to 5 km. This defensive wall has bastions. Throughout its length and a huge iron gate, the only one entrance is provided. The surviving height of the walls is from 4.5 -5.5 m.
- Record ID
- 5202
- Province / territory
- Sindh
- District
- Khairpur
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Fortification
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 27.34356, 68.70852 — 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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