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The art of lands that outlast their borders

Every object traced back to where it was made or found — a single landmass, drawn without modern borders, the way these civilisations knew it.

Find-site mapMehrgarhMehrgarh — 25 objectsMohenjo-daroMohenjo-daro — 9 objectsHarappa — 7 objectsTaxilaTaxila — 23 objectsSwat (Butkara)Swat (Butkara) — 23 objectsPirakPirak — 16 objectsRohri Hills — 6 objectsSanghao Cave — 1 objectsKatas Raj — 2 objectsMakli — 1 objectsNishapur — 5 objectsRayy — 7 objectsGandharaGandhara — 18 objectsIndus Valley — 7 objectsBalochistan — 2 objectsIran — 2 objectsCentral Asia — 3 objectsChina — 1 objectsAlUla (Hegra) · soonAlUla (Hegra) — coming soonPersepolis · soonPersepolis — coming soonBamiyan · soonBamiyan — coming soonSamarkand · soonSamarkand — coming soonAngkor · soonAngkor — coming soonIslamabad MuseumIslamabad Museum
Live site Coming soon Institution36 later objects (Mughal & Islamic) are catalogued as “various” and not yet precisely sited.

Live sites

Mehrgarh
Balochistan, Pakistan
25 objects
Taxila
Punjab, Pakistan
23 objects
Swat (Butkara)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
23 objects
Gandhara
Peshawar valley, Pakistan
18 objects
Pirak
Balochistan, Pakistan
16 objects
Mohenjo-daro
Sindh, Pakistan
9 objects
Harappa
Punjab, Pakistan
7 objects
Rayy
Tehran, Iran
7 objects
Indus Valley
Sindh / Punjab, Pakistan
7 objects
Rohri Hills
Sindh, Pakistan
6 objects
Nishapur
Razavi Khorasan, Iran
5 objects
Central Asia
Central Asia,
3 objects
Katas Raj
Punjab, Pakistan
2 objects
Balochistan
Balochistan, Pakistan
2 objects
Iran
Iran, Iran
2 objects
Sanghao Cave
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
1 objects
Makli
Sindh, Pakistan
1 objects
China
China, China
1 objects

On the horizon

AlUla (Hegra)
Soon
Medina Province, Saudi Arabia
Persepolis
Soon
Fars, Iran
Bamiyan
Soon
Bamiyan, Afghanistan
Samarkand
Soon
Samarqand, Uzbekistan
Angkor
Soon
Siem Reap, Cambodia
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