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Peer Surahayo

SindhSettlementProtected
The site is located in Deh Rajpar, Taluka Kot Diji, district Khairpur and about 12; km northwest of the present village of Khannan Buraro, and about 01 km east of pump station No.33. This settlement is situated at the distance of three (05) km from Rohri hills near Adhm Sultan ja Quba and seven km northeast of Kot Diji site (Shaikh 1995, Laghari 1990). The site consists of two small mounds designated as A and measures as 49x45 m and B measures as 42x41 m and raise at height about 1 m from surround agricultural lands. On the mound A; tomb of saint is built and is thus saved from further destruction. However, the mound B might have been leveled for agricultural purposes. From this site, the Kot Dijian and Indus period pottery, terracotta cakes, bangles, chert flakes, blades, and core and grinding stone were collected.
Record ID
7222
Province / territory
Sindh
District
Khairpur
Typology
Archaeological Site
Subtype
Settlement
Period
Proto Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
27.38333, 68.80000 — 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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