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Amri is a small village located between the right bank of the Indus and the Lakhi hills in the district of Jamshoro where remains of a Chalcolithic settlement were reported by N.G Majumdar in 1929 and later J M Casal of the French Archaeological mission excavated the site for three seasons from 1959 to 1962.
The systematic excavations were carried out on the largest mound up to the virgin soil. Three different occupational levels were detected each distinctly marked by its peculiar pottery and other objects on the basis of which chronological sequence have been established. On the top came the Muslim occupation characterized by glazed and moulded pottery bearing affinities with that of Thatta and Multan. Few coins recovered from the upper layers indicate that the settlement belongs to the Mughal period while below the Muslim period, exposed the remains of a culture which dates back to the 3rd millennium B.C. The potsherds are thick in texture indicate a by-product of the Harappan and Chanjudaro cultures which represent the late phase of the Indus Valley Civilization. The lower layers however brought to light the mature culture of Harappa and Mohenjodaro.
As to the age of this settlement it can be safely assumed that it roughly corresponds to the early Kot-Diji period and the undisputed straitigraphical evidence shoes both the cultures preceded the Indus culture.
