Historical place profile

Nad-i Ali/Zarang?

A large site in modern Afghanistan's Nimruz province. Archaeological evidence is abundant for habitation during the third - first millennia BCE, as well as 8th - 13th centuries CE, when Nād ʿAlī was clearly a major fortified urban center.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:place:pleiades:29678
Catalogue ID
pleiades:29678
Place type
archaeological-site, ruin, settlement
Coordinates
30.998910, 61.849040
Precision
precise
Locator semantics
representative_point_not_boundary

Historical description

A large site in modern Afghanistan's Nimruz province. Archaeological evidence is abundant for habitation during the third - first millennia BCE, as well as 8th - 13th centuries CE, when Nād ʿAlī was clearly a major fortified urban center.

Geographic evidence

The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.

Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 3 H3 Nad-i Ali/Zarang?

Source and reuse

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Research path

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