Heritage record
Tibba Mound (Kala Shah Kaku)
PunjabSettlementProtected
An archaeological site spread over an area of 183m across with an average height of 11m above the surrounding level. The eastern half of the mound and top is now occupied by modern graves. The potshards collected from the surface is of red-ware and includes stamped potshards comparable in designs with those found in 5th, 6th century CE level at Tulamba, district Multan close to the north-western edge of the mound is small mound covered with ashes and potshards silages which seem to represent a potshards kiln.
- Record ID
- 6572
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Sheikhupura
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Settlement
- Period
- 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
- 31.73611, 74.26111 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Ahmad Nabi. (1987). Archaeological Sites and Historical Monuments Protected Under the Antiquities Act, 1975. Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.
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