Type: Archaeological Site - Settlement
Province: Balochistan
District: Loralai
Period: Proto Historic
Relative Chronology: 56,00 BCE - 3500 BCE
Description: A pre-historic mound lies near Harian Haider Zai in Loralai district. The mound is 200 m broad and 4.5 m high. It is covered with plentiful painted pottery which seemed to be belonging to the date pre-historic period but close by to the south small fragments of decorated pottery bearing a distinctly Chalcolithic appearance as well as some rudely worked flints were also noticed. Excavations were made at Sur-Jangal and whole of the mound prove to be composed of soft clayed soil mixed with but little of rubble. On the side of the trenches thin layers of pebbles were distinguishable on levels of about 0.9-1.8 m from the top. Only near the center at a depth of about 1.8 m harder clay was struck possibly indicating remains of a more solidly built wall of sun-dried bricks. There were also signs of a conflagration marked by reddened soil and ashes mixed with animal bones.
Latitude: 30.380310116
Longitude: 68.526873581
Ownership: Federal Government
Legal Status: Protected by The Antiquity Act 1975 (As amended in 1992)
Title of Publication: Archaeological Sites and Historical Monuments Protected Under the Antiquities Act, 1975
Published In: Federal Department of Archaeology & Museums, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
Year of Publication: 1987
Bibliography/Reference: Khan, Ahmad Nabi
