Heritage record
Nand Kot
SindhFortProtected
Nand Kot is located approximately 15 km south-west of Seerani town, it can be accessed from Badin-Sea Costal link road via earthen track to Bachal Jakhro village and onwards to Nand Kot. The site is spread in a very large area and presently only some traces of the fort are surviving. There is evidence of two mounds, Mound-I (northern) and Mound-II (southern). Mound-I is a small mound measuring 5m in length, 2.89 m in breadth, its elevation 2.4 m from the surrounding area. There is profusion of cultural material on the surface of the mound and the rest of the site had scattered evidence of cultural material. Mound-II measured 22.5 m in length, 17 m in breadth, its elevation is 1 m from the surface level. There are some traces of burnt bricks of the fortification and a mud brick wall adjoining the mound (Sultanate/Mughal Period).
- Record ID
- 9979
- Province / territory
- Sindh
- District
- Badin
- Typology
- Archaeological Site
- Subtype
- Fort
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 24.42920, 68.73445 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Shiekh, Nilofer. (2021). Documentation of the Heritage Sites and Monuments of Sindh. Endowment Fund Trust for Preservation of the Heritage of Sindh.
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