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[[File:Lakhan-jo-daro bronze spear thrower figurine.png|thumb|Spear thrower figurine from Lakhan-jo-Daro]]
'''Lakhan-jo-daro''' is an archeological site and one of the largest cities of the [[Indus Valley Civilization]]. It is located within an industrial zone on the outskirts of the modern city of [[Sukkur]] and situated at the distance of mere 75 Kilometers from another major city of its contemporary era, [[Mohenjo-daro|Mohenjo Daro]]. It covers an expanse of more than 300 Hectares.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Yusuf|first=Suhail|date=2014-02-07|title=Don't forget Lakhan jo Daro|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1085516|access-date=2020-10-26|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref>

==Excavation==
The site, which is located in [[Sukkur District]] (around 100 km away from the [[Mohenjo-daro]] site) on the right bank of [[Indus River]]<ref>{{cite web|last=ancient.|first=sindh.ws|title=Collecting samples from a Lakhueen-jo-daro trial trench|url=http://ancient.sindh.ws/hphs/15.htm|accessdate=10 July 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422174251/http://ancient.sindh.ws/hphs/15.htm|archivedate=22 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1085516|title=Don't forget Lakhan jo Daro|work=Dawn|date=7 February 2014|accessdate=20 September 2015|first=Suhail|last=Yusuf}}</ref> was first discovered in 1985 by Prof Qasid Mallah and his team from Khairpur University and was excavated recently In 2006 by the archeologists and students of [[Shah Abdul Latif University]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Access my|first=Library|title=Sindh chief minister visits site of Lakhueen-Jo-Daro|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-141565395/sindh-chief-minister-visits.html|accessdate=10 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Pakistan|first=Historical Society|year=2003|journal=Journal of Pakistan Historical Society|volume=51|issue=3–4|pages=86 [https://books.google.com/books?id=7BNuAAAAMAAJ&q=Lakhan-jo-daro&dq=Lakhan-jo-daro&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jSX9T_TcJczorQekkszCBg&redir_esc=y]}}</ref> Excavations were also undertaken by Prof. Muhammad Mukhtiar Kazi of [[University of Sindh]] during 1996 and 2000.<ref>{{cite web|last=University of|first=Sindh|title=Muhammad Mukhtiar Kazi|url=http://www.usindh.edu.pk/mukhtiar.kazi/|publisher=University of Sindh|accessdate=10 July 2012}}</ref> According to [[Jonathan Mark Kenoyer|Dr. Mark Kenoyer]] It covers an area of more than 300 Hectares, as large as Mohenjo Daro (250 Ha) and was the second largest city of the Indus Valley Civilization.<ref name=":0">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWeuu2ltl5E&feature=emb_title&ab_channel=Harappa.com%3ATheAncientIndusCivilization The Archaeology of Indus Urbanism: Comparing Mohenjo Daro, Harappa and Dholavira: Lecture by JM Kenoyer]</ref><ref name=":1" />

==Historical significance==

Lakhueen-jo-daro is located near Sukkur. Material cultural finds of this site indicate that it predates [[Indus Valley Civilization#Mature Harappan|Mature Harappan]] period. It covers a large area in the form of few mounds.<ref>{{cite web|title=Collecting samples from a Lakhueen-jo-daro trial trench|url=http://ancient.sindh.ws/hphs/15.htm|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422174251/http://ancient.sindh.ws/hphs/15.htm|archivedate=2008-04-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Yusuf|first=Suhail|date=2014-02-07|title=Don't forget Lakhan jo Daro|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1085516|access-date=2020-12-10|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref>

A radiocarbon date obtained from a charcoal sample collected from the same trial trench opened in mound "C" from which samples were taken by the Italian Archaeological Mission in Sindh in 1997, and the bronze figurine was found by the same mission, confirm the datation of this part of the site (GrN-23123: 3960+/-140 BP; 2478+/-215 cal BC at 1 sigma)(see Biagi and Starnini 2021)

==See also==

* [[Mohenjo-daro|Mohenjo Daro]]

==References==
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P. Biagi and E. Starnini 2021. Indus Civilization. Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
C. Smith (ed.), Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology: 1-26
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_3491-1

[[Category:Indus Valley Civilisation sites]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Sindh]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Pakistan]]

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