Heritage record
Saka Kalat
BalochistanSettlementProtected
The site is located northern Mashkai Valley in Nal village of district Khuzdar. It was explored by Stein. Here was a modern fort built by Saka Khan on top of the ancient mound. The ancient buildings were built of mud bricks or clay with small stones in between the courses. Potshards of Londo and Kulli cultures were documented from the site.
- Record ID
- 8989
- Province / territory
- Balochistan
- District
- Khuzdar
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Settlement
- Period
- Proto Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 27.56667, 65.86667 — 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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