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Rohri Hills

Coordinates: 27°27′18″N 68°55′53″E / 27.45500°N 68.93139°E / 27.45500; 68.93139
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Rohri Hills
Rohri Hills is located in Sindh
Rohri Hills
Rohri Hills
Rohri Hills is located in Pakistan
Rohri Hills
Rohri Hills
Rohri Hills (Pakistan)
Geography
LocationSindh, Pakistan
Range coordinates27°27′18″N 68°55′53″E / 27.45500°N 68.93139°E / 27.45500; 68.93139
Geology
Rock ageMiddle Eocene / Early Oligocene[1]
Mountain typeSedimentary

Rohri Hills in Upper Sindh, Pakistan are scarped rocks of limestone running South South East of Rohri between Indus river in the west and Nara river in the east. The hills are about 40 kilometres (25 miles) long and 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) wide.[2] These hills are home to a large number of archaeological sites. Flint artifacts of Paleolithic period have been discovered here.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Biagi, Paolo; Cremaschi, Mauro (1 January 1988). "The Early Palaeolithic Sites of the Rohri Hills (Sind, Pakistan) and Their Environmental Significance". World Archaeology. 19 (3): 421–433. doi:10.1080/00438243.1988.9980049. JSTOR 124609.
  2. ^ Selin, Helaine (2008). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 1857. ISBN 9781402045592. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  3. ^ Ahmed, Mukhtar (2014-05-29). Ancient Pakistan - An Archaeological History: Volume I: The Stone Age. Amazon. p. 321. ISBN 9781495490477. Retrieved 30 April 2017.