Akra — Bannu Gandhara Mound
Chalcolithic to Islamic (4000 BCE–1500 CE)·Gandhara / Bannu sequence·🇵🇰 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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About Akra — Bannu Gandhara Mound
Akra — Bannu Gandhara Mound in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan is a Chalcolithic to Islamic (4000 BCE–1500 CE) tell attributed to Gandhara / Bannu sequence. Mound 17 m high with Bannu ware and Kushan coin hoards at Kurram-Tochi interfluve. Khan Akra Mound with 5000 years sequence, Bannu black-on-red, Indo-Greek coins.
Why it mattersKey Gandhara / Bannu sequence site informing Central Asian prehistory
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology refinement
- 02Metallurgy evidence
Theories
- 01Long-distance trade route
- 02Urbanism genesis
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 4000 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic to Islamic (4000 BCE–1500 CE)
- Culture
- Gandhara / Bannu sequence
- Purpose
- Mound 17 m high with Bannu ware and Kushan coin hoards at Kurram-Tochi interfluve
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 4000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1960 CE
Modern excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
32.9800° N · 70.6000° E · 400 m · 3 mapped features
Akra — Bannu Gandhara Mound — High Citadel Mound
citadelCitadel or high mound
32.9801° N · 70.6001° EAkra — Bannu Gandhara Mound — Lower Terrace
terraceLower settlement terrace
32.9798° N · 70.6002° EAkra — Bannu Gandhara Mound — Fortification Circuit
wallsEnclosing wall
32.9804° N · 70.5998° E