SISWAL (29 13 14.4 N 75 30 26.

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The Siswal village is located 26 km to the west of Hissar. The mound is situated 300m to the north of the village on the left bank of the Chautang Canal. This was reported for the first time by Suraj Bhan and according to his description the mound was 300 x 200 x 2.5 m in area with north- south as the longer axis. The north-eastern portion of the site was converted into suitable terraces for cultivation. A small trench of 2 x 2 m was sunk by him in 1970. The maximum habitation deposit found here was 1.25 m above the natural soil. He divided cultural deposit into Siswal A and Siswal B. Bhan characterized Siswal A by the presence of classical Kalibangan I A to E fabrics. He has also noted a clear trend of evolution in typology from the lowest to the upper levels. The evolved shapes are compared to Mitathal I pottery. He has also reported few sherds of the Mature Harappan period from surface of the mound (Bhan 1972: 423,100-3). The potsherds sampled from Siswal are described as below

Kot Diji: The ancient site at Kot Diji was the forerunner of the Indus Civilization. The people of this site lived about 3000 BC. The remains consist of two parts; the citadel area on high ground, and outer area. Located about 22 kilometres south of Khairpur in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. The Pre Harappa site at Kot Diji consists of two clearly defined areas. Citadel on high ground for the elites separated by a defensive wall with bastions at regular intervals. This area measures about 500 ft x 350 ft. Outer area, or the city proper consisted of houses of mud bricks on stone foundations. Pottery found from this site have design with horizontal and wavy lines, or loops and simple triangular patterns. Other stuff found are pots, pans, storage jars, toy carts, balls, bangles, beads, terracotta figurines of mother goddess and animals, bronze arrowheads. Well fashioned stone implements were also discovered. The interesting find at Kot Diji is a toy cart, which shows that potter_ s wheel lead to wheels for bullock carts. There are evidence of burning of this fortified town, which were also observed at Amri and Kalibangan. Burning of these cities is still unexplained. Amri: Amri is the site of a Pre-Harappa fortified town which flourished from 3600 to 3300 BC.The site is located south of Mohenjo Daro on Hyderabad-Dadu Road about 110 kilometres north of Hyderabad in Sindh province of Pakistan. Situated near foothills of Kirthar Range of mountains, this was an important earlier urban center in Lower Sindh. Amri is close to Balochistan where development of earlier farming communities from 6000BC to 4000BC ultimately led to urbanization. On timeline,

Amri is dated after Rehman Dheri.The ancient mounds of 8 hectares on the west bank of Indus River have been extensively excavated. The pottery discovered here had its own characteristics and known as Amri Ware. Like other Pre Harappa towns, no writings were found at this site. There is evidence of widespread fire at the town around 2500BC