Table 2 Distribution of sites reported in the PAS by chronological phase
Sites and monuments per period | PAS (all Punjab Province) | PAS (AOI) | Mounds identified (AOI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sites (%) | Mon. (%) | Sites (%) | Mon. (%) | Sites (%) | % | |
Prehistory (Palaeolithic/mesolithic/neolithic) | 19 (3%) | – | – | – | – | – |
Protohistory (3300–600 BC, including PGW) | 75 (10%) | – | 24 (10%) | – | 8 (7%) | 33% |
Early historic and medieval (5th BC–15th C.) | 412 (57%) | 39 (15%) | 153 (64%) | 14 (23%) | 86 (70%) | 56% |
Mughal and later (16th C.–1947) | 217 (30%) | 213 (85%) | 63 (26%) | 47 (77%) | 29 (23%) | 46% |
Totals | 723 (100%) | 252 (100%) | 240 (100%) | 61 (100%) | 123 (100%) | 51% |