Fort Abbas

Fort Abbas
Muhammad Imran Saeed from City of London, Canada · CC BY 2.0

Fort Abbas is a town and archaeological site in Bahawalnagar District, Punjab, Pakistan, located in the Cholistan Desert south of Haroonabad near the India-Pakistan border[1]. The area was a major center of the ancient Hakra civilization, with ceramic surveys dating to 5000 BC[2]. The town was named by Nawab Sir Sadiq after his eldest son Muhammad Abbas[1].

TypeFortress/citadel
Period< 4500 BC
CountryPakistan
Coordinates29.1938° N, 72.8544° E

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