Heritage record
Mehrgarh
BalochistanSettlementUNESCO Tentative ListProtected
The site is located in Kot Kai village, in the Bolan plain. The world known Archaeological site of Mehrgarh is located in the Kachi plain at the foot of the Bolan Pass. It was discovered by J.M. Casal in 1968. It lies 10 km south of Dadhar in district Kachi. Seven distinct periods have been identified at this site during excavations by the French archaeological mission under Dr. Jarrige. The site represents periods of Mehrgarh-VIII, Sibri Transitional Kot Diji, Kechi Beg, Togau, Burj Basket-Marked, Killi Gul Mohammad. The site is associated to Neolithic Period (8th millennium BCE-3rd Millennium BCE); Transitional; Kot Diji; Kechi Beg; Togau; Burj Basket-marked and Kili Gul Mohammad.
Photographs: Department of Archaeology & Museums national inventory record, displayed from the official source (doam.gov.pk). Not PWHI photography.
- Record ID
- 8911
- Province / territory
- Balochistan
- District
- Kachhi
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Settlement
- Period
- Pre Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992) (instrument: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992))
- Tentative List
- Archaeological Site of Mehrgarh
- Coordinates
- 29.41630, 67.60680 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Posshel, G.L.. (1999). The Indus Age - The Beginnings. University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, United States.
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