Heritage record
Dhir Mond
PunjabSettlementProtected
Remains of a ruined settlement are scattering over a vast area. Now it is in the form of a huge mound. It is located in at a distance of 31 km from Talagang to Mianwali road. It is believed that this settlement was catastrophe centuries back. A large number of pottery, coins, metallic tools and jewelry have been retrieved from the same site by the local people. So, the site is subjected to illegal digging nowadays. In the vicinity of the same site, a gigantic ancient cemetery is found.
- Record ID
- 6713
- Province / territory
- Punjab
- District
- Chakwal
- Tehsil
- Talagang
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Settlement
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 32.88003, 72.07076 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Zahra, Komal. (2020). Survey and Documentation of Archaeological Sites and Monuments in Tehsil Talagang, District Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan: An Analytical and Comparative Study. Unpublished M.Phil. thesis: TIAC, QAU, Islamabad.
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