Field guides / Punjab / Sheikhupura / Kala Shah Kaku Mound
Field guide · Heritage
Sheikhupura
Sheikhupura District · Punjab, Pakistan
Kala Shah Kaku Mound
An archaeological site spread over an area of 183m across with an average height of 11m above the surrounding level.
The eastern half of the mound and top is now occupied by modern graves. The potshards collected from the surface is of red-ware and includes stamped potshards comparable in designs with those found in 5th, 6th century CE level at Tulamba, district Multan close to the north-western edge of the mound is small mound covered with ashes and potshards silages which seem to represent a potshards kiln.
Why go
- ✦A mound 183 m across and about 11 m above the land around it
- ✦Red-ware and stamped pottery like that of 5th–6th century Tulamba
- ✦A small ash mound on its north-west edge, perhaps a pottery kiln
- ✦Protected under the Antiquities Act 1975
What to Do
Nearby
Straight-line distance from Kala Shah Kaku Mound, within 5 km.
Nothing else genuinely close by (within 5 km of Kala Shah Kaku Mound) is published yet.
