Parthian Pottery of Mokran and its Similarity with Neighbor Regions

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Southern Baluchistan so-called Mokran is a varied land naturally and geographically. Especial geographic situation of the region as the natural pathway of Indian subcontinent has attracted people from old times and had been mentioned as “Makka” in the cuneiform inscription of Darius the Great in Bisotun. The Mokran district is divided into two main parts includes two cities, as Nikshahr in north and Chābahār in South lying along the northern beach of Oman Sea which has been of the most important cities of Mokran state for a long time commercially. Based on the study of 889 sherds taken from archaeological surveys in Nikshahr and Chābahār under the the supervision of Rouhollah Shirazi, the existing historical settlements indicates the splendor and glory of the region and show the significant presence of Iran in the beaches of Mokran Sea during the Parthian period. This article has analyzed the comparison results of their diagnostics typologically. According to the Statistical analysis reports of this results and comparing them to typical samples in Southern Baluchistan with adjacent regions, it can be said that beaches of southern Makkoran (Iranian Baluchistan) in Parthian period had extensive Cultural communications with adjacent regions over Persian Gulf beaches and Oman sea such as: U.A.E (Ed Dur, Sharjah, Dibba) , Oman (Suhar), Hormozgan in southwest and Pakistan in southeast as well.

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