Kot Diji

The ancient site at Kot Diji (Sindhi: ڪوٽ ڏیجي; Urdu: کوٹ ڈیجی) was the forerunner of the Indus Civilization. The occupation of this site is attested already at 3300 BCE. The remains consist of two parts; the citadel area on high ground (about 12 m [39 ft])), and outer area. The Pakistan Department of Archaeology excavated at Kot Diji in 1955 and 1957.

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 * Mughal (1970, 1973) has strongly argued that the Kot Dijian cultural group of this area was the direct predecessor to the Indus Valley civilization, based on stratigraphy and material artifact analysis. At some sites, Kot Dijian culture is chronologically earlier than the Indus Valley/Harappan culture sites; other Kot Dijian sites are contemporary with those of the Indus Valley/Harappan culture, while other Kot Dijian sites are later than those of the Indus Valley/Harappan culture.
 * Jim Shaffer. South Asian archaeology and the myth of Indo-Aryan invasions in : Bryant, E. F., & Patton, L. L. (2005). The Indo-Aryan controversy : evidence and inference in Indian history. Routledge
 * Italics in original.