Archaeology of Pakistan
The
Mehrgarh Period I- 7000 to 5500 BC, was an aceramic settlement with primitive means of agriculture and livestock. They lived in simple mud buildings and buried their dead with many elaborate goods.
Mehrharn Period II- 5500 to 4800 BC, was a ceramic settlement that showed strong evidence of having manufacturing activity such as copper and stone drills and more technological kilns. The amount of riches buried with the dead decreased over time.
Mehrgarn Period III- 4800 to 3500 BC, many similarities to Period II.
Mehrharn Period IV- 2600 to 2000 BC, much of the city was abandoned as the Indus Valley civilization was being born and its inhabitants migrated there.[4]
Twenty miles north of Islamabad the ancient city of Taxila can be found. Taxila, also known as the city of stones, thrived between the years of 518 BC and 600 AD, and in its prime was one of the most flourishing civilizations between the Indus and Jhelum rivers. Alexander the Great led troops through Taxila in 326 BC and he claimed it as part of his vast kingdom until it was conquered by the Mauryan Empire in 300 BC. After the fall of the Mauryan Empire, Taxila was taken back by followers of Alexander in 190 BC. Taxila owed much of its success to the fact that it was located at the intersection of the three major trade routes of India and Central and Western Asia.[5]
Archaeology in Pakistan is conducted under the direction of Department of Archaeology and Museums (DOAM) of
Bibliography
- Zahir, Muhammad; Gandhara Grave Culture and Pakistani Archaeologists: The Pitfalls and Challenges of Traditional Archaeology ; Puratatva, Journal of the Indian archeological society, 2020 (Number 50)
References
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- ^ Archaeological Treasure of Pakistan (2006). "Pakistan Paedia". Merger, First Urban Civilization of South Asia. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ Archaeological Treasure of Pakistan (2009). "Taxila, the City of Stones". Pakistan Paedia. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ^ Department of Archaeology and Museums (DOAM) Archived 15 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine