Abstract
The land of Balochistan is full of archaeological heritage. One of most prominent site of Balochistan, Mehrgarh, is the antecedent of Indus civilization. In spite of that, several prominent archaeologists and foreign missions came to Balochistan and they explored many archaeological sites in different areas of this land. A huge number of sites are still needed to be explored. This piece of study highlights the ancient archaeological evidences of Ishani, Barkhan. Barkhan is located at the eastern side of Balochistan. The area is attractive archaeological point of view; there are many archaeological traces found on the landscape of Barkhan. The paper only focuses on the selected Shalghara (Khetrani term for mound) of union council Ishani, Barkhan. Only the surface collection of five sites are being discussed in this paper. The researchers collected several fragments of ceramic include rims, body shreds and bases. After the scrutinize the ancient culture of Barkhan noticed black on red, black on buff and black on brown are dominant in the region. The cultural remains of Barkhan may resembles to the Harappan cultures, Mehrgarh, Kili Gul Muhammad, Kot-Dijian, and several other sites of Balochistan. The paper further discusesreconstruction of the ancient history of Ishani, Barkhan on the basis of cultural antiquities.
Muhammad Iqbal, 1, Manzoor Ahmed, Abdul Rehman, Shakir Naseer2. (2017) Recent Archaeological Explorations in Ishani, District Barkhan, Balochistan: An Assessment, Balochistan Review, Volume 2, Issue 2.
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