Jhukar Jo Daro

Jhukar jo Daro is located at distance of 6 miles (10 Kilometers) from Larkana city towards west close to village mithodero in Larkana District Sindh Pakistan.It was explored and excavated by renowned archaeologist N.G Majumdar in 1928. Jhukar jo Daro is archeologist site where Jhukar Phase phase was explored and it has been recorded that Harapan Phase came after or it is followed by Jhukar Culture.Some historian have revealed that jhukar phase partly cover or ourlaps with harapan Phase but obviously persists much later. The remains of late Harappan culture of Chalcolithic period were discovered here at Jhukar-Jo-Daro.

Jhukar Phase

The Jhukar Phase, was a phase of the Late Harappan culture in Sindh that continued after the decline of the mature Indus Valley Civilisation in the 2nd millennium BC. It is named after the archaeological type site called Jhukar in Sindh. It was, in turn, followed by the Jhangar Phase.


Jhukar and Jhangar phases are collectively called Jhukar and Jhangar culture (1900 - 1500 BCE). Cemetery H culture (subculture of Late Harrapan IVC Phase) in Punjab was contemporaneous to Jhukar-Jhangar culture (subculture of Late Harrapan IVC Phase) in Sindh, both have evidence of continuity and change. Jhukar culture is associated with the sites excavated at Jhukar, Chanchudaro and Amri (Amri also as an earlier and distinct Amri culture belonging to earlier phases of IVC). Rangpur culture in Gujarat, also part of Late Phase of IVC, was also contemporaneous to both.


The pottery of this phase is described as "showing some continuity with mature Harappan pottery traditions. During this phase, urban features of cities (such as Mohenjo-Daro) disappeared, and artifacts such as stone weights and female figurines became rare. This phase is characterized by some circular stamp seals with geometric designs, although lacking the Indus script which characterized the preceding phase of the civilization. Script is rare and confined to potsherd inscriptions.There was also a decline in long-distance trade.