What was found in Cholistan?

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LAHORE, Feb 6: The Punjab University archaeology department has discovered a rare Indus seal in steatite material with carved figure of Ibex with two pictographs from Wattoowala, Cholistan, during a survey of different sites near Derawar Fort along the ancient bed of River Hakra.

What is the another name of Cholistan?

The Cholistan Desert, also locally known as Rohi, is a large desert in the southern part of Punjab, Pakistan that forms part of the Greater Thar Desert, which extends to Sindh province and the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is one of two large deserts in Punjab, the other being Thal Desert.

How old is Cholistan Desert?

All along the 500-km of dried up river are over 400 archaeological sites, which date back to the Indus civilization 4500 years ago and are clustered around Drawar Fort. The desert has an average rainfall of 5 inches a year and there is very little cultivation.

When was Cholistan abandoned?

1800 BC
The Harappan culture flourished about 1800 BC. Afterwards, the culture began to decline. Many mature Harappan sites in regions such Cholistan were abandoned by the 1800 BC.

Which livestock animals are suited for rearing in Balochistan and deserts of Thar and Cholistan?

Cattle are the most important animal of all three deserts. In Cholistan, goats were present in two, out of three herds while camels and sheep are kept by almost every second herder in the area.

Where was Cholistan located?

Pakistan
The Cholistan desert, or Rohi, is the western part of the Thar desert of the sub-continent which lies in modern Pakistan. There is archaeological evidence that this area was once watered by the Hakra river and was home to an Indus Valley culture based on agriculture.

How many forts are there in Cholistan?

The Forty Seven Forts of Ancient Cholistan and its surroundings

Bhagla Fort	(28°16’7.00″N,70°30’35.34″E)
Muridwala Fort	(28°23’14.21″N, 70°45’52.95″E)
Mau Mubarak Fort	(28°31’52.11″N, 70°21’44.39″E)
Ahmadpur Lamma Fort	(28°19’15.13″N, 70° 3’6.45″E)
Mubarakpur Fort	(29°15’42.11″N, 71°21’26.23″E)

Which animals are reared in the desert region?

Among them are the Bedouins and Tuaregs. These groups are nomadic tribes rearing livestock such as goats, sheep, camels and horses. These animals provide them with milk, hides from which they make leather for belts, slippers, water bottles; hair is used for mats, carpets, clothes and blankets.

How many animals are there in desert?

What animals live in the desert? Many birds, reptiles, mammals, and insects live in the desert. In the Sonoran Desert (Arizona, US) alone, there are over 500 bird species, 130 mammal species, 100 reptiles species and more than 2,500 plant species! Here are some examples of the most common desert animals.

Where do desert animals get water?

Acquiring Water Desert creatures derive water directly from plants, particularly succulent ones, such as cactus. Many species of insects thrive in the deserts this way. Some insects tap plant fluids such as nectar or sap from stems, while others extract water from the plant parts they eat, such as leaves and fruit.