SOCIO CULTURAL SPACE OF BUTH JO DARO SITE WITHIN INDUS CIVILIZATION

Abstract

This research paper has been extracted from the PhD thesis of author on Buth jo Daro an Indus period site located in lower Sindh .Buth jo Daro site is situated at taluka Manjhand of district Jamshoro,65 km away from district headquarter on Indus Highway, the site was accidently discovered through digging a wider and deeper drain popularly known as RBOD throughout the site area, millions of cultural objects were dumped in multiple heaps, author has made surface analysis to identify the period and important archaeological artifacts laying on surface of the site.stretigic location of Buth jo daro site make it junction for trade, starting  from its own vicinity to Amri, Mohen jo daro and stretching up to Baluchistan, detailed analysis and comparison of craft activities at site and within Indus make it prominent as compared to other Indus period sites.