Damb

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A damb is a type of archaeological mound (tumuli) found in the Baluchistan region of Iran.

It has an early phasing of Indus Valley Civilisation dating to 3500 BCE.[1]

Damb-Sadat culture[]

See also: Pottery of Archaeological culture, Archaeological analysis of pottery, Fabric analysis of pottery, and Archaeological culture

Damb-Sadat culture: Based on the pottery found here, it is classified as a separate archaeological culture / subculture.[1]

Cultural sites[]

These are multiple sites on Makran coast in Pakistan and in Iran. These mounds occur in groups on the hill-sides. Such hills are called Damba Koh and people refer to these associated with Bahman (the Artaxerxes Longimanus)[clarification needed]. Such sites are at Damb in Balochistan in Iran, Sutkagen Dor in Pakistan on Iran-Pakistan border, Jinwri in Balochistan in Pakistan, Turbat in Balochistan in Pakistan, etc.

Excavations at various sites[]

Excavations at Sutkagen Dor[]

Sutkagan Dor in Iran was excavations by Major Mockler. It is 40 miles to the north-west of Gwadar in Balochistan in Pakistan. The houses were built with baked bricks or stone, and a large earthen pot was unearthed in one corner, while fragments of pottery, pieces of lime, and flint knives were common everywhere.[2]

Excavations at Jiwnri and Gati[]

At and at a place called Gati, 6 miles from Gwadar, Major Mockler discovered numerous little houses, oval or square in shape, and built of stone obtained from the surface of the hills.[2]

Excavations at Damb Koh[]

Better specimens, however, than those at Jiwnri were seen at Damba Koh south-east of Dashtian in Iran on Makran coast. Finds included different kinds of earthenware vessels, clay and stone beads, grinding stones, stones for sharpening knives, a shell ring, pieces of rope pattern pottery, a lump of oxide of iron and a coin. The latter appeared to be of Greek or Bactrian origin.[2] This indicates the cross-cultural trade.

In the eleven mounds opened at Jiwnri, vessels containing bones, scraps of iron, stones for sharpening knives, copper bracelets and shell ornaments were discovered and similar finds were made at Gati. These places had been used for purposes of interment, the bones of the deceased being placed occasionally in an earthen pot, but more generally on the floor.[3] Pots containing food, weapons and sometimes a lamp, were the accompaniments of the corpse, which was apparently exposed previous to burial. In Sir Thomas Holdich's opinion the structures are possibly relics of the Dravidian races, which dispersed eastward on being ousted by the Semites from Chaldaea.[2]

Excavations at Bahmani[]

Bahmani is an old mound, 2 miles west of Turbat. The name Bahmani has been given by the people of Bahman village, i.e. by the son of who finds mention in Shahnama. Appearance of this mound is similar to the one that at Sutkagen Dor. It is covered with pottery, but shallow excavations made in 1903 failed to disclose anything of interest. There are ancient underground canals called karezes, length of which is unknown, its channel goes up to the bed of the Dokurm stream under which it passes. It was roofed with slabs of flat stones supported on pillars which rested on an arch over the running water. There is another karez at Kalatuk called Sad-o-bad (corrupted name of Saadabad). According to locals the undergroudn canal was excavated by one of the Arab generals Saad-bin-Ali Wiqas in the time of the Caliph Omar.[2]

See also[]

  • Indus Valley Civilization
    • List of Indus Valley Civilization sites

References[]

  1. ^ a b The Harappan Civilisation: Its Sub-cultures, Daily Pioneer, 10 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e Baluchistan (Pakistan) (1907). Baluchistan district gazetteer series. printed at Bombay Education Society's Press. pp. 56–58.
  3. ^ "Cleaning and care of the stonemason" (in German). 17 August 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
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