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kot bala wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 excavations 2 balakot culture 3 early furnaces 4 see also 5 references 6 literature 7 external links toggle the table of contents kot bala 2 languages deutsch polski edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide coordinates 25 26 50 28 n 66 43 38 28 e 25 4473000 n 66 7273000 e 25 4473000 66 7273000 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia archaeological site in pakistan this article is about an archaeological site on makran coast for other places named balakot see balakot disambiguation kot bala pre harapan cultures map ca 3600 3200 bc the big yellow squares are the modern day karachi lahore and delhi map includes the ceramics of kechi beg and hakra phases sites included are rehman dheri kunal haryana and early harappa pre harappan pottery on makran coast of pakistan interactive map of kot bala type archaeological site periods pre harappan to indus valley civilization location lasbela district balochistan pakistan site notes excavation dates 1970s kot bala or balakot is an archaeological site located in lasbela district balochistan pakistan it is near the makran coast of the arabian sea and goes back to around 4000 bc the settlement of balakot precedes the indus valley civilization by many centuries it is located in the interior of the sonmiani bay along the lasbela coast the plain of las bela this site is of importance due to its proximity to the arabian sea and is believed to have been a main harbour from which the indus traders sailed to the coasts of the arabian peninsula excavations edit the site was excavated by professor george f dales of the university of california berkeley in the 1970s but full details were not published it is the only site in the region that was professionally excavated 1 the upper levels of the site belong to indus civilization while the lower levels feature a culture of its own the arrival of indus influence was rather sudden 2 balakot culture edit the ancient balakot culture flourished only in this coastal area the balakot phase pottery is known from excavations at balakot three radiocarbon dates from later occupations of this phase indicate the period of 3500 3000 bc 3 other archaeologists give the date of 4000 bc for the start of this settlement kech makran culture flourished in the kech river valley in protohistoric times as early as the fifth millennium bc balakot was part of that settlement network 4 pottery of balakot was all wheel made red ware although some storage jars were hand made it features complex floral and zoomorphic motifs there are similarities to the nal pottery of baluchistan sometimes the use of red or green paint produced a polychrome effect a later balakot phase pottery closely resembles the style of amri culture 5 early furnaces edit excavations at pre indus levels of balakot have yielded evidence of an early furnace 6 the furnace was most likely used for the manufacturing of ceramic objects ovens dating back to the civilization s mature phase c 2500 1900 bce were also excavated at balakot 7 see also edit indus valley civilization list of indus valley civilization sites list of inventions and discoveries of the indus valley civilization hydraulic engineering of the indus valley civilization references edit mukhtar ahmed ancient pakistan an archaeological history volume ii a prelude to civilization 2014 isbn 1495941302 p 364 mukhtar ahmed ancient pakistan an archaeological history volume ii a prelude to civilization 2014 isbn 1495941302 p 364 history of civilizations of central asia the dawn of civilization earliest times to 700 b c volume 1 eds a h dani v m masson 1992 aurore didier benjamin mutin 2015 the kech makran region in protohistoric times archived 3 april 2022 at the wayback machine in ute franke elisa cortesi lost and found prehistoric pottery treasures from baluchistan smb pp 297 333 isbn 978 3 00 051309 1 history of civilizations of central asia the dawn of civilization earliest times to 700 b c volume 1 eds a h dani v m masson 1992 dales george 1974 excavations at balakot pakistan 1973 journal of field archaeology 1 1 2 3 22 10 dales george 1974 excavations at balakot pakistan 1973 journal of field archaeology 1 1 2 3 22 10 literature edit franke vogt u balakot period i a review of its stratigraphy and cultural sequence in south asian archaeology 2001 franke vogt u reopening research on balakot a summary of perspectives and first results 217 235 in south asian archaeology 1995 edited by raymond allchin bridget allchin the ancient india and iran trust london 1997 dales g f 1974 excavations at balakot pakistan 1973 journal of field archaeology 1 3 22 dales g f 1979 the balakot project summary of four years excavations in pakistan pages 241 274 in taddei m ed south asian archaeology 1977 seminario di studi asiatici series minor vi naples istituto universitario orientale dales g f 1981 reflections on five years of excavations at balakot pages 25 32 in dani a h ed indus civilisation new perspectives islamabad quaid i azam university history of civilizations of central asia the dawn of civilization earliest times to 700 b c volume 1 eds a h dani v m masson 1992 external links edit the plain of las bela harappa com 25 26 50 28 n 66 43 38 28 e 25 4473000 n 66 7273000 e 25 4473000 66 7273000 retrieved from https en wikipedia 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