Kot Diji Fort
Kot Diji Fort (Sindhi, formally known as Fort Ahmadabad, is an 18th-century Talpur-era citadel located in the town of Kot Diji in Khairpur District, Sindh Pakistan, about 25 miles east of the Indus River at the edge of the Thar Desert.Photo: Smn121, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Building
- Description: 18th-century Talpur-era fort in Kot Diji, Khairpur, Pakistan
- Also known as: “Fort Ahmadabad”
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Kot Diji
Village
Photo: Arsalanrkazi, Public domain.
Kot Diji is an ancient site which was part of the Indus Valley Civilization, estimated to have been occupied around 3300 BCE. Located about 45 km south of Khairpur in the modern-day province of Sindh, Pakistan, it is on the east bank of the Indus River opposite Mohenjo-daro.
Kot Diji Fort
- Category: fort
- Location: Khairpur District, Sindh, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.34556° or 27° 20′ 44″ northLongitude
68.70655° or 68° 42′ 24″ eastOpen location code
7JVC8PW4+6JOpenStreetMap ID
way 478535210OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q6433738
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Urdu—“Kot Diji Fort” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Kot Diji qalası”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة كوت ديجى”
- Hungarian: “Kot Didzsi erőd”
- Hungarian: “Kot Didzsi Erőd”
- Sindhi: “ڪوٽ ڏيجي قلعو”
- Urdu: “کوٹ ڈیجی قلعہ”
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