Heritage record
Shah Macheen
PunjabSettlementProtected
An archaeological site, associated with early Islamic to Mughal period. It comprised of a mound covered an area of about 24000 sq.m and the maximum height 6 m above the surrounding fields. The potshards from the surface were largely of dull red and light red in colour and included rim fragments of water pitchers, lids, bowls and cooking pots. In the small objects, copper coins largely corroded, an iron arrow head and a nail fragment, a number of terracotta articles, animal figurines and a playing disc.
- Record ID
- 6658
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Multan
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Settlement
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 30.00000, 71.66667 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Sharif, Muhammad. (1989). Archaeological Exploration Around Multan- 1989. Pakistan Archaeology, Number 24 - 1989 DOAM, Karachi.
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