National Institute of Informatics - Digital Silk Road Project
Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books
|
|
Color Thumbnail -
Table of Contents -
Page Number -
Biliographic Information (Metadata) -
Caption -
Color Image -
Gray HighRes. Image -
Facing Pages -
Graphics -
| 0114 |
Archaeological Reconnaissances in North-Western India and South-Eastern Īrān : vol.1 |
Citation Information
OCR Text
CHAPTER III
EXPLORATIONS IN PERSIAN MAKRĀN
Section 1—BURIAL SITES OF DAMBA-KŌH AND ITS
NEIGHBOURHOOD
IN the forenoon of January 4th, 1932, we landed at Gwādur, the westernmost
of the small ports on that portion of the ancient coast of the Ikhthyophagoi
which falls within the limits of British Makrān. In the course of my Makrān
tour of 1927–8 I had already visited Gwādur and examined whatever old remains
in that neighbourhood could be traced.¹ Attention had been called to them first
in a paper by Major E. Mockler published half a century before;² but two of
the sites there noticed, and those of evident interest, had remained beyond my
reach as they were on the Persian side of the frontier and in a tract which at the
time was disturbed and practically independent. Conditions there had fortu-
nately changed since the Persian Government had meanwhile succeeded in
establishing effective control over most of Persian Balūchistān. Thus it had
become possible for me to choose Gwādur as a suitable starting-point whence to
resume and extend my labours bearing on the ancient remains of Gedrosia.
Gwādur town and a strip of territory extending in an arc to about 10 miles
from the coast form an enclave within British Makrān, belonging since the last
quarter of the eighteenth century to the Sultāns of Masqat. But the arrange-
ments which Colonel Brett, Resident in the Kalāt State, had kindly made at
my telegraphic request, rendered it possible for me to be met punctually on
arrival there by an escort of camel riders from the Makrān Levy Corps, and an
adequate supply of camel transport for the move inland. So we were able to
leave that far from inviting little port with its very meagre resources on the
following morning for Suntsar, the nearest post of the Makrān Levy Corps.
From there final arrangements for our move into Persian territory were to be
made. The two marches which brought us to Suntsar on the Dasht river, all
over desert ground, led along the same route which I had followed in January
1928 in the reverse direction. Like Gwādur, it has been described by me before.³
Before crossing the Dasht river-bed, practically dry at the time, I was able
to revisit the important prehistoric site of Sutkagēn-dōr on the left bank of
1
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
11
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
21
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
31
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
41
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
53
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
64
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
76
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
88
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
101
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
111
112
113
114
115
116
.
.
.
.
122
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
132
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
143
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
154
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
165
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
176
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
186
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
197
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
208
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
219
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
230
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
241
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
251
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
262
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
273
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
287
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
299
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
310
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
320
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
331
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
341
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
351
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
369
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
389
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
409
.
.
.
.
|
.
.
.
.
421
.
.
.
.
|
430
Copyright (C) 2003-2026
National Institute of Informatics
and
The Toyo Bunko. All Rights Reserved.
