Heritage record
Mound No. 9 (Village Mehtar Zai)
BalochistanSettlementProtected
The pre-historic mound No.9 is lying closed to Mehtar Zai about a distance of 14.4 km from Quetta City. From Baleli check post the site is lying about 18 km in the north eastern direction. The mound is about 110 m long, 64 m wide and 5 m high. It has been used as an artillery redoubt and therefore is badly cut-up.
- Record ID
- 9667
- Province / territory
- Balochistan
- District
- Quetta
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Settlement
- Period
- Proto Historic
- Legal status
- Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992) (instrument: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992))
- Coordinates
- 30.32640, 67.10651 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Khan, Ahmad Nabi. (1987). Archaeological Sites and Historical Monuments Protected Under the Antiquities Act, 1975. Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad.
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