Sutkagan Dor

Sutkagan Dor is the westernmost known archaeological site of the Indus Valley civilisation [1]. It is located about 480 km west of Karachi on the Makran coast near Gwadar, close to the Iranian border, in Pakistan's Balochistan Province [1]. The site is within the Union Council of Suntsar and is near the western bank of the Dasht River and its confluence with a smaller stream, known as the Gajo Kaur [1]. It was a smaller settlement with substantial stone walls and gateways [1]. Sutkagan Dor was discovered in 1876 by Major Edward Mockler, who conducted small-scale excavation [1]. In October 1960, Sutkagan Dor was more extensively excavated by George F. Dales as part of his Makran Survey, uncovering structures made from stone and mud bricks without straw [1]. Along with the typical "citadel" and "lower town", there is a massive fortification wall of semi-dressed stones [1]. Stone vessels, stone arrowheads, copper arrowheads, shell beads, pottery, and various other items were found [1].