Rohri Hills

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Rohri scru scru dslay Hills (Pakistan)
Geography
Location Sindh, Pakistan
Range coordinates 27°27′18″N68°55′53″E / 27.45500°N 68.93139°E / 27.45500; 68.93139
Geology
Rock age Middle Eocene / Early Oligocene [1]
Mountain type Sedimentary

The Rohri Hills in Upper Sindh, Pakistan are scarped rocks of limestone running southeast of Rohri between the Indus River in the west and the 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 the 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.


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