Khirthar National Park
Baseline Environmental Study

Appendix 7.1 Gazetteer of sites

SITE NUMBER; Site name; Site type; District; length; width; height; condition; Ceramic ware types; Lithics; Artefacts; Site description.

KNP/OO1; Larlan Wari Bhutti; Mortuary/ Settlement; Karchat; 320m; 90m; 20m; Good; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Hill top site with cut stone and field stone graves. Possible wall remains.

KNP/OO2; Sherd Scatter; Karchat; 90m; 60m; flat; Good; 1, 3, 5; Sherd scatter on shallow saddle south of site 1.

KNP/OO3; Mortuary ; Karchat; 420m; 50m; flat; Poor; 1, 6; Extensive graveyard with finely carved cut stone and field stone graves.

KNP/OO4; Koh Tarash; Settlement; Karchat; 285m; 80m; 25m; Good; 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9; Grind stones; Hill top site with large number of shallow, rectilinear wall remains. Carpeted with sherds of red and buff plain ware, also a few grey pieces. Numerous grinding stones in one area. Rooms 2-4m each side. Stones in walls not cut, but some cut stones along 'road' which runs from outer 'town' wall to summit.

KNP/OO5; Gabar; Hydraulic; Karchat; 5m; Fair; 5; Two sections of well-made field stone wall joining natural scarps to form a dam basin across a stream bed. Now dry.

KNP/OO6; Beebee Waryung Gabar; Mortuary; Karchat; 95m; 30m; flat; Fair; 1, 5; Square grave enclosure of cut stone. Associated cut stone and field stone graves. Must post-date destruction of the Gabar (site 5).

KNP/OO7; Flow Diversion; Hydraulic; Karchat; Good; 1, 5; Earth works to divert flow of water into Gabar dam (site 5).

KNP/OO8; Mortuary; Taung; 120m; 50m; flat; Poor ; 1; Small graveyard with two cut stone and some field stone graves.

KNP/OO9; Beebee Wari Bhatt; Mortuary; Taung; 110m; 100m; flat; Good; 1, 3, 6; Unworked chert; Glass ring fragment; Graveyard with many graves, including very fine carved standing Chaukundi style tombs and smaller field stone graves.

KNP/O10; Gabar; Hydraulic; Taung; 50m; 3-5m; 5m; Fair; 1; Remains of dam wall between two natural rocky scarps. Wall is of loosely packed field stones on two sides with rubble infill. Massive blocks loosely placed abutting natural scarp.

KNP/O11; Jam Lohar; Mortuary; Taung; 550m; 200m; flat; Repaired; 1, 3; Brown chert; Massive cemetery with elaborately carved cut stone tombs, field stone graves and modern concrete shrine(s?). At least 10 times as many field stone as cut stone graves.

KNP/O12; Lithic scatter; Taung; 50m; 50m; flat; Good; 1, 3; Brown chert; Extensive scatter of brown chert tools both formal and informal and cores. Few sherds, probably later than site occupation. Also some worked quartz crystal flakes. Some chert pieces with sandstone cortex attached.

KNP/O13; Taung Miri; Settlement; Taung; 170m; 125m; 15m; Good; 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15; Brown chert; Granite grind stone. Several shell fragments – worked; Small (artificial) hill with field stone walled enclosure on top, standing approx 50 cm high with opening on east side. Some stone walls also on sides of hill - maybe retaining walls. Extensive, rich sherd scatter - probably multi-period, Early Bronze to Medieval.

KNP/O14; Irrigation Channel; Hydraulic; Taung; 1270m; 50-100cm; 50cm above ground; Fair; Above ground water channel constructed of blocks of natural tufa (calcium carbonate).

KNP/O15; Rattan Shah; Hydraulic; Taung; 100m; 50m; flat with raised hillock approx. 10m high; Fair; 1, 3, 4, 5, 7; Brown chert; Field stone walls, probably for enclosure for watering animals at spring. Modern graves at south end. Two graves at north end not oriented N-S so may not be Muslim.

KNP/O16; Mortuary/Settlement; Taung; flat; Good; 1, 4, 5, 7; Brown chert; Extensive sherd scatter of common ware types. Some foundations of stone walls. Field stone graves on top of small rise - probably post-date settlement.

KNP/O17; Ari Battu Shrine; Mortuary/Religious; Taung; 12m; 12m; 2m; Good; 1, 5; Cut stone enclosure with several cut stone and field stone graves inside. Some field stone graves outside.

KNP/O18; Gombak; Mortuary/Religious; Taung; 180m; 110m; flat; Poor; 1, 5; Standing remains of ruined stone and mudbrick domed building - probably a mosque. Associated graveyard of field stones and a few cut stone graves.

KNP/O19; Gabar; Hydraulic; Taung; 450m; 5m; 5m; Fair; 1, 5; Remains of stone dam walls.

KNP/O2O; Mortuary; Taung; 230m; 60m; 5m; Good; 1, 5; Field stone and cut stone graves, some with elaborate carving, set along top of low natural rise.

KNP/O21; Mortuary; Taung; 220m; 60m; flat; Good; 1, 5; Small scatter of painted buff ware - brown and red on pale/cream background. Geometric patterns.

KNP/O22; Gabar; Hydraulic; Taung; 65m; 3-4m at base, 1m at top; 4-5m; Fair; 5; Dry stone dam wall between two natural scarps.

KNP/O23; Snake Charmers Valley; Mortuary; Taung; 30m; 10m; flat; Good; 5; Small cluster of field stone graves - mainly modern .

KNP/O24; Mortuary; Karchat ; 100m; 80m; flat; Poor; 5; Brown chert; Standing cut stone enclosure and some associated cut stone and field stone graves. Numerous informal chert tools probably predate cemetery.

KNP/O25; Bakir Lal; Defensive; Karchat; 100m; 10-15m; flat top of ridge, 20-25m above plain; Fair; 1, 3, 5, 14, 16 (one sherd), 17 (3 sherds); Brown chert; Round dry stone watch tower, some associated rectilinear walls. Stone water trough. Also some signs of occupation on terrace half way down western scarp.

KNP/O26; Asaharbo; Mortuary; Karchat; 60m; 15m; flat; Fair; 5; Brown chert; Field stone graves and one cut stone grave

KNP/O27; Khantro; Settlement; Karchat; 15m; 8m; Slight mound approx.1m above plain; Poor; 1, 3, 4, 5, 13; Brown chert; Foundation course of rectilinear stone building with extensive sherd scatter.

KNP/O28; Mortuary/Religious; Near Jemal Wari Bhani; 25m; 15m; flat; Fair; Mosque defined by row of field stones on S W and N sides. East side defined by upright stone slabs. Field stone graves on east side.

KNP/O29; Settlement; 25m; 25m; flat; Poor; 1, 5, 7; Brown chert; Single course of rectilinear field stone walls. Intensive sherd scatter.

KNP/O3O; Kotiro; Lithic scatter; 210m; 160m; central walled enclosure rises 3-4 m above plain; Good; 1, 3, 5, 7, 17; Brown chert; Antler core of hog deer (not found in park); Rectilinear field stone walled raised central enclosure associated with extremely rich and extensive lithic scatter. Some sherds, probably of later date than the lithics.

KNP/O31; Kotiro; Structure; Karchat; 10m; 8m; 50cm; Good; 5; Brown chert; Rectilinear dry stone walled structure standing 4 courses high. Two courses wide with rubble infill. Possible circular stone structure/depression inside.

KNP/O32; Molori; Mortuary; Karchat; 30m; 30m; flat; Poor; 5, 7; Graveyard of field stone graves. Mostly destroyed by tomb robbers.

KNP/O33; Asaharbo; Mortuary; 8m; 8m; 1m; Fair; 5; Brown chert; Single field stone grave on slight rise.

KNP/O34; Colonial Rest House; Transport; 10m; 5m; 3-4m; Fair; Ceramic water pipes; Quantity of glass - brown, green and clear; Standing shell of rendered stone building, built by British Government as a rest house on the road between Thatta and Sehwan.

KNP/O35; Army Barracks; Settlement; 90m; 17m; 1m; Fair; 5; Standing rectilinear dry stone walled building. Very few artefacts.

KNP/O36; Amin Shah; Mortuary; Karchat; 20m; 15m; 50cm; Good; 1, 3, 5; Brown chert; Modern debris - glass, metal; Concrete enclosure wall three courses high with long central field stone 'grave' and some field stone graves outside enclosure to the south.

KNP/O37; Kotiro; Structure; Karchat; 30m; 18m; 50cm; Poor; 1; Rectilinear stone walled enclosure.

KNP/O38; Unknown; Karchat; 20m; 8m; flat top of rocky rise; 1, 5 ; Brown chert; Field stone structures of unknown purpose - one is roughly round, one vaguely grave shaped. May be robbed out cemetery.

KNP/O39; Kalundr; Mortuary; Karchat; 330m; 130m; Poor – Fair; 1, 7; Brown chert; Graveyard with mixture of carved cut stone, field stone and concrete graves. Reuse of cut stones from earlier graves into modern ones.

KNP/O40; Jerar; Lithic scatter; Karchat; 15m; 15m; flat; Good; 1; Brown chert; Rich scatter of brown chert flakes, blades and cores. Mostly informal tools. One core has two reworked edges. Pottery probably belongs to later use as cemetery, not to period of lithic scatter.

KNP/O41; Battaro; Lithic scatter; Karchat; At least 500m diameter; Good; 1; Brown chert; Extensive poorly defined scatter of informal tools and waste flakes over natural terrain. Modern cemetery on top of part of scatter (top of natural rise).

KNP/O42; Settlement; 45m; flat top of hill; Poor; 1, 5; Brown chert; Some remains of standing dry stone walls. Scatter of pottery and chipped chert tools. Stone mound/circles may be robbed out graves.

KNP/O43; Structure; Karchat; 25m; 25m; 1m; Fair; 5; One piece of a brown stone ware bottle; Standing rectilinear dry stone wall, 4-5 courses high. Thin sherd scatter.

KNP/O44; Mortuary; Karchat ; 90m; 80m; Good; 1, 5, 8, 14; Brown chert; Single field stone grave in single course of field stones enclosure. Extensive thin scatter of informal lithics and pottery. Separate hill across a shallow saddle to north has field stone mounds and distinctly different pottery (probably much older than south hill).

KNP/O45; Colonial Mile Stone; Transport; Karchat; 21.5cm; 22.5cm; 38cm; Good - some weathering of inscription; Standing cut sandstone with inscription in English and Urdu. "Kerrachee LXXXVIII miles".

KNP/O46; Wahi; Settlement; Karchat; 225m; 110m; Fair; 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9; Brown chert; Rectilinear field stone wall foundations and intensive sherd scatter. Sherd scatter continues across road and foundations appear on both sides. Concentration of lithics with fine formal tools including blades and microliths in NW of site.

KNP/O47; Colonial Rest House (Kajur Wari Landhi); Transport; Karchat; 20m; 20m; 1m; Poor; Ceramic water pipes; Glass; Ruined remains of Colonial Government rest house on road between Karachi and Sehwan. Cut stone building, but cut stone now all removed. Intensive scatter of sherds, mostly water pipes.

KNP/O48; Osman Wari Bhutti; Structure; Karchat; 9m; 5m; top of hill 20m above plain; Fair; Temporary shelter (abandoned); Single flake of green glass with worked edge approx. 1cm long; Standing field stone structure of unknown purpose. Recently reused.

KNP/O49; Mortuary; Karchat ; 250m; 95m; Fair; 1; Brown chert; Three graves on top of hill. Small cemetery at base of hill (south side) cut by modern road. No sherds. Lithic scatter on hill top. KNP/O50; Settlement; Karchat; 10.40m; 9.20m; 50cm; Poor; 1; Brown chert; Rectilinear field stone walls standing 2-3 courses high.

KNP/O51; Kotiro; Settlement; Thano Arab Khan; 230m; 190m; 10m above dry river bed; Fair; 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 16, 21, 22; Brown chert; Extensive site previously excavated (30 years ago?). Low spreading artificial or natural mound, with rectilinear stone wall foundations and large amount of sherds and lithics.

KNP/O52; Kotiro Panhwor; Sherd Scatter; 105m; 65m; flat; Fair; 3, 5, 7, 9, 22; Cream chert - single very fine scraper; fragment of baked brick; Scatter of pottery sherds. Modern cemetery located on top.

KNP/O53; Kotiro; Lithic scatter; Karchat; 120m; 80m; slight natural slope; Fair; 1; Brown chert; Scatter of informal brown chert tools and a few formal blades. Some stones may be wall foundations in poor condition.

KNP/O54; Rani Kot 1 (Western Gate); Defensive; Rani Kot; 500m; 5m; Partially Restored; 1, 5; Brown chert; Standing sections of stone walls. Cut stone. Lime cement mortar and render. Circular towers at intervals along walls. Associated free standing fortifications . Walls of roughly cut stone outer faces with rubble infill and render.

KNP/O55; Shergar Kot; Defensive; Rani Kot; 155m; 3-4m; Good; 1; Enclosed fort of cut stone walls with lime plaster render, arched parapets, small arrow slits and circular corner towers.

KNP/O56; Rani Kot 2 (Living place); Settlement; Rani Kot; 112m; 75m; natural contour of land; Good; 1 ,6, 13, 23; Brown chert; Extensive scatter of sherds and some wall foundations. Field stone graves in south, probably not very old. Many painted rim sherds, one fragment of chunky lamp spout, incised decoration underneath.

KNP/O57; Ameri Kot; Defensive; Rani Kot; Good; Military Post; Standing fort of similar period to rest of Rani Kot. Modern military post, therefore photography and GPS recording not permitted.

KNP/O58; Rani Kot 3 (Eastern or Sann Gate); Defensive; Rani Kot; 456m (north side); 5m; 3-4m; Repaired 1998/99; 1; Standing walls north and south of exit to gorge (end of pass - plains to east). Parts of wall show signs of rebuilding. Also associated secondary defence wall running east/west along gorge inside outer walls. Much less carefully constructed - dry stone and not cut (but standard size and colour stones, earth and rubble core).

KNP/O59; Colonial Rest House; Transport/Mortuary; Thano Arab Khan; 500m; 300m; natural contours; Fair; 1, 4, 5, 8, 14, 15; Brown chert; Glass (hand made); Same design as other colonial rest house (site 34) - single room, pitched roof, 3 arched doors at front, arched windows either end, back plain. Evidence of earlier occupation also. Extensive field stone graveyard to SW and field stone mosque building (one course high). Some graves have petrified wood headstones.

KNP/O60; Batchani; Settlement; Thano Arab Khan; 250m; 80m; 15m above plain; Good; 1, 4, 5, 9; Brown chert; Fragment of cylindrical ivory bead; Sherd scatter and remains of stone structures.

KNP/O61; Kotiro; Structure; Thano Arab Khan; 31.60m; 17.70m; 50cm; Poor; 1, 5; Rectilinear, very large field stone walled structure. Two internal rooms. Very limited sherd scatter.

KNP/O62; Mortuary; Thano Arab Khan; 220m; 200m; flat; Good; 5, 6, 7; Graveyard in three sections - one probably modern, one may be Hindu.

KNP/O63; Asahabo; Mortuary; Reck Valley; flat; Good; 1, 5; Pinkish Chert; Modern? Shrine over field stone grave and associated graves surrounding.

KNP/O64; Kafir Gee Kiri; Hydraulic; Reck Valley; 200m; up to 5m; Fair; 5; Eroded remains of dam wall and retaining wall at side of water course.

KNP/O65; Rohi; Standing stone; Reck Valley; 3.30m; 0.35m; 0.50m; Good; Possible Hindu holy site; Standing stele with field stone circle at base. In centre of road.

KNP/O66; Sayed's Graveyard; Mortuary; Chechri Plain; 140m; 70m; flat; Fair; 1, 3, 5; Few field stone graves and extensive, thin sherd scatter. KNP/O67; Asahabo; Mortuary; Mol (Male); 130m; 100m; flat, slightly raised around rectilinear structure (build up of destruction debris); Fair; 5; Brown chert - one very fine parallel sided blade; Large field stone grave/shrine with standing stone at southern end and with associated field stone (very large) building.

KNP/O68; Mortuary; Kar; 60m; 25m; flat; Repaired; Field stone graves and some cut stone graves. Two new (1938, 1952) concrete graves. Probably all relatively modern.

KNP/O69; Babro; Settlement; Kar (Malir); 450m; 150m; On two levels - natural hill top approx. 5-6m over natural grassy basin; Good; 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 18; Brown chert, sandstone whetstone; Large amount of bone, some burnt. One piece of thick white shell; Flat, rocky hill top with extensive, rich sherd scatter, remains of standing dry stone walls and numerous chert tools. Lower basin level has extensive, sparse sherd scatter.

KNP/O70; Lahout; Rock Art; Kar; 3m; flat; 3m; Very Good; Limestone deposition through water flow; Red and reddish-black painted figures on a limestone wall of rock overhang.

KNP/O71; Mohammadi Gabro; Settlement/Mortuary/Sherd Scatter; Kar; 180m; 95m; natural contours; Good; 5, 13; Glass; Extensive sherd scatter, partially standing remains of stone house and modern graveyard.

KNP/O72; Mortuary; Kar; 95m; 60m; flat; Poor; 5; Remains of scattered field stone graves and one standing stele. Possibly along camel route between Karachi and Las Bela (Baluchistan). KNP/O73; Bokhari; Mortuary; Kar; flat; Fair to good; Brown chert; Single large field stone grave inside field stone enclosure. Standing remains of rectilinear field stone building (2-3 courses). Small mosque.

KNP/O74; Mortuary; Kar; 10m; 5m; on top of natural rise; Poor; 5; Three field stone graves.

KNP/O75; Sann Dhoro; Mortuary; Kar; 320m; 100m; flat; Good; 5; Brown Chert; Field stone and concrete graves - probably all fairly modern.

KNP/O76; Bakir Gabristan; Mortuary; Kar; 195m; 135m; flat; Fair ; Field stone graves.

KNP/O77; Sultan Shah; Mortuary; Kar; Natural contour of land; Good; Field stone, cut stone and cement graves - probably modern.

KNP/078; Mortuary; Kar; 250m; 120m; flat; Good; Field stone graves. Has been inundated by flooding of Hab Dam.

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