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Village Wal Pandhi Mound

SindhSettlementProtected
The site is located just north of the present-day village of Pandi Wahi, near the Nari Nai. It is 119 m long, 197 m wide, 6 m high and covers an area of 12,733 sq.m. A perennial spring which has its head just south of Karkot, up the Nari Nai channel from Pandi Wahi, flows into the Nari Wai and passes the site. In addition, several small nais (e.g., Sori and Chedagh) converge just north-east of Pandi Wahi. The prehistoric site is situated on a gravel terrace above the flooding of the torrents, out is close enough to take advantage of seasonal sheet flooding and alluvial fan sediments deposited by the streams. Part of the site has been used as a modern burial ground as well. Some excavations were conducted at the site previously. Trench 1 revealed that the earliest levels at the site were dominated by the Amri bichrome pottery and that in the top-most levels of the site this bichrome pottery was mixed with a black-on-red pottery which is similar to that of the Harappan period. in addition to the pottery, finds of terracotta, steatite, stone, and lapis lazuli beads, terracotta cakes, and chart flakes were also recovered at Pandi Wahi.
Record ID
9790
Province / territory
Sindh
District
Dadu
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
26.65965, 67.37083 — 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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