interacting with, were engaging in some form of transhumant pastoralism. Sheri Khan Tarakai in context Sheri Khan Tarakai and several other contemporaneous sites in the Bannu basin and the Gomal plain present a relatively conservative cultural assemblage that shows limited technological change throughout much of the fourth millennium BC. The available dating evidence indicates that Sheri Khan Tarakai was occupied from the late fifth until the early third millennium BC. Related sites The occupation at Sheri Khan Tarakai was contemporaneous with several other important early village sites in the borderlands at the northwestern edge of South Asia, including Mehrgarh (Periods III-V), Kili Gul Mohammad (Periods III-IV), and Rana Ghundai (Periods I-II). The earliest occupation at Sheri Khan Tarakai appears to slightly predate the earliest occupation at major sites on the plains of Punjab, such as Harappa (Period Ia - Ravi phase). In regard to ceramic fabrics, forms and decorative and surface treatment styles of Sheri Khan Tarakai, the closest parallels are found in the second phase of northern Baluchistan (the Togau Phase), which is also attested at Mehrgarh Period III, and Kili Gul Mohammed III. See also District Bannu Bannu Museum Indus Valley civilization Ghoriwala References Bibliography Petrie, C.A. (2013), Sheri Khan Tarakai. in Chakrabarti, D.K. and Lal, M. (eds), History of Ancient India II: Protohistoric Foundations, Vivekananda International Foundation and Aryan Books International, Delhi: 852-859 - academia.edu Justin C. Morris, Kenneth D. Thomas (2002), Excavations at the Later Prehistoric Site of Lewan, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. Papers from the Institute of Archaeology 13:94 External links Bannu Archaeological Project at semanticscholar.org Bannu Archaeological Project website (archived) Bannu Archaeological Project monograph on Sheri Khan Tarakai () The Pakistan Heritage Society Bannu District Archaeological sites in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pre-Indus Valley civilisation sites Kot Diji culture