Kot Diji Fort Hills Khairpur
Kot Diji is an important Harappan civilization site located in the Rohri Hills of Khairpur province of Pakistan. The Kot Diji Fort was the forerunner of the Indus Civilization. The fort was built between 1785 to 1795 by Mir Sohrab Khan Talpur, founder of the Kingdom of Upper Sindh in 1783. In addition to the fort, a 5 kilometer, 12 feet wide mud wall was built around the city. This defensive wall had bastions throughout its length and a huge iron gate served as the city’s only entrance.
Archaeologists say that the discovery of this pre-historic site has furnished information of high significance since it pushed back the pre-historics of Pakistan by at least another 300 years from about 2,500 B.C. to 2,800 B.C. Evidence of new cultural elements of pre-Harappan and pre-Moen Jo daro time has been found at Kot Diji. Excavations have proved that the Indus Valley Civilizations Read more…
