Mundigak

Mundigak (Pashto: مونډي ګاګ‎), in Kandahar, Afghanistan, is an archaeological site in Kandahar province in Afghanistan. It's situated approximately 55 km northwest of Kandahar near Shāh Maqsūd, on the upper drainage of the Kushk-i Nakhud River.

History

Mundigak is recognized as a large prehistoric town belonging to transitional phase of Harappan development, having flourished during the culture of Helmand Basin (Seistan), also called as Helmand Culture. Mundigak also has Indus Valley Civilization material. This material consists in part of ceramic figurines of snakes and humped bulls, and other items, similar to those found at other Indus valley sites. Mundigak was a mound nine meters tall at the time of excavation. Mundigak, with 21 hectare area, was the second largest centre of Helmand Culture, the first being Shahr-i-Sokhta which was as large as 150 acres, by 2400 BCE. Around 2200 BCE, both Shahr-i-Sokhta and Mundigak started declining, with considerable shrinkage in area and with brief occupation at later dates.