Nad-i Ali/Zarang?
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf
Creators: M. Roaf
Contributors:
Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Mary E. Downs, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Feb 14, 2025 05:24 PM
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History
A large site in modern Afghanistan's Nimruz province. Archaeological evidence is abundant for habitation during the third - first millennia BCE, as well as 8th - 13th centuries CE, when Nād ʿAlī was clearly a major fortified urban center.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29678
30.9989100124, 61.849040153
- Central Point:
- Imagery Location (3000 BC - AD 1299) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: Zaranj archaeological site (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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ruin, settlement, archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 3 H3 Nad-i Ali/Zarang?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Nad-i Ali, AFG
M. Roaf, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Mary E. Downs, and Tom Elliott, 'Nad-i Ali/Zarang?: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/29678> [accessed: 11 February 2026]
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