About
Mehrgarh Museum in Quetta is an archaeological museum dedicated to the deep prehistory of Balochistan, with particular attention to the site of Mehrgarh. Inaugurated in 2022, the museum was created to preserve and present material connected to one of South Asia’s earliest known farming settlements. It provides a public setting for understanding a period of history that predates the Indus Valley Civilisation by several millennia.
Mehrgarh, located near the Bolan Pass in the Kachhi Plain, was occupied from around the seventh millennium BCE. Archaeological discoveries from the site have provided important evidence of early settled life in the region, including farming, animal herding, pottery production, craft work, burial practices, and the use of copper. The museum displays objects and material related to these early communities, including stone tools, pottery, figurines, ornaments, and other archaeological finds.
The museum places Mehrgarh within the wider archaeological history of Balochistan, a region shaped by movement between the Iranian plateau, Central Asia, and the Indus plains. It helps visitors see Mehrgarh not as an isolated ancient site, but as part of a long process of cultural development, exchange, and adaptation. For students and visitors, it is an important introduction to the earliest chapters of human settlement and material culture in what is now Pakistan.
