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Kot Diji ( Urdu :کوٹ ڈیجی) is a modern village and an archaeological site named after it in Pakistan . The place is on the left bank of the Indus , opposite Mohenjo-Daro . The ruins are near a fortress that was built by Mir Suhrab (1803-30).

Kot Diji is of some importance for research, since among the layers of the Indus civilization there were those of an older culture, dating from around 3400 to 2650 BC. Can be dated BC. Like most places of the Indus culture, the city consisted of two parts. There was a citadel and an actual residential town. This classification already existed in the time before the Indus culture.

Typical finds from this early culture are round vessels with a groove decoration and those with a collar rim, which are often painted in black on a red background. The peculiarity of many finds is that many of the ceramic forms are still documented in the Indus culture. Other finds also confirm this picture, such as model cars and animal figures. Both types of finds are typical of the Indus culture.

Before the excavations at Kot Diji, the origin of the Indus culture remained a mystery. There was no clear culture that could be called a predecessor. One found in Kot Diji, dating from around 3400 BC. And then passed almost seamlessly into the Indus culture.

literature

• FA Khan: Excavations at Kot Diji , In: Pakistan Archeology 2 (1965), pp. 13-85
• Forgotten cities on the Indus , Mainz am Rhein 1987, ISBN 3-8053-0957-0 , pp. 114–116

Coordinates: 27 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  N , 68 ° 43 ′ 0 ″  E