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Taloor ji Bhit

SindhSettlementProtected
The site of Taloor-ji Bhit is situated ten km in northeast of Kot Lalo. The site measures as total of 443 m East-West and 467 m North-South and cover a total of 206881sq.m area. The site is divided into two portions designated as (A) mounded and (B) surface scatter. The mounded part of site is located on the west side within alluvial plain area and consists of at least two mounds elevated almost three m in height from the ground surface areas. The second part; i.e., surface scatter, is situated on the sand dune at least 02 to 04 m higher from the surrounded plains. This is a very large site occupied during the Kot Dijian period and continued until the Indus period. The robber`s ditch was examined closely and several Kot Dijian objects were found, however the entire site is densely covered with Indus period artifact.
Record ID
7219
Province / territory
Sindh
District
Sukkur
Typology
Archaeological Site
Subtype
Settlement
Period
Proto Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
26.71611, 68.39167 — source-provided, not field-verified
Verification status
source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
Sources
Mallah, Q.H. et al. (2014-15). Kot Dijian Settlements in Alluvial Plains and Desert of Sindh. Ancient Sindh, Vol. 13.

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