Hathial is an ancient archaeological site next to
Bhir Mound, just south of
Sirkap, in the area of
Taxila
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in
Pakistan
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. It is quite a large site, in which
red burnished ware and various materials were discovered similar to those of
Charsadda. This suggest that the establishment of the Hathial site may go back as far as 1000 BCE. The adjoining settlement of
Bhir Mound was only created later, probably around 500 BCE.
The pottery found at the site has been dated to the period between 1000 BCE and 400 BCE, and thus constitute an interesting intermediary, pre-
Achaemenid
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period, between the
Late Harappan of the
Indus Valley
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and the Early Historic period.
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Taxila Tehsil