ARCHAEOMETERIC ANALYSIS OF STANDARDIZED WEIGHTS FOUND AT BUTH JO DARO SITE IN LOWER SINDH

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 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 through the site, millions of cultural objects were dumped in multiple heaps, author has made surface analysis to identify the important archaeological artifacts laying on surface of the site. Particularly this paper is emphasizing the important discovery of weight system found from the site of Buth jo Daro, proving this how this weight system continued, through weight statistics of Indus Civilization continued in South Asia more specifically in SINDH.