Tuesday 21 February 2012

SOME OF THE IMPORTANT HARAPPAN SITES

HARAPPA   -   it is situated in the montgomery district of the punjab in pakistan on the bank of river RAVI . it had a citadel and as many as six granaries with in it.


MOHENJO DARO   -   it is situated in the larkana district of sind in pakistan on the bank of the INDUS . it was first discovered  in 1922 . apart from citadel , the most important public place here seems to be the great bath . it is suggested that the great bath served ritual bathing . the largest building at mohenjodaro is a granary. we find here evidence of horse from superficial level.


KALIBANGAN   -  it is situated in ganganagar district in rajasthan on the GHAGGAR. here we find traces of furrows in the pre harappan  phase which show that the fields were ploughed in rajasthan in harappan period.


ROPAR   -   it is situated in the district of the same name in punjab on the bank of river  SUTLEJ . here we find traces of both harappan and post harappan cultures.


LOTHAL   -   it is situated on the  BHOGAVA ( LIMRIKOBHOGAWO ) in ahmedabad district of gujarat. the most striking feature is the discovery of an ancient dockyard here , connected through the bhogava river with the gulf of cambay.the devolution of harappan culture at lothal lends support to the view that the civilization as a whole didnot meet with a sudden and violent end . we find a doubtful terracotta figurine of horse.


RANGAPUR   -   it is situated on the  BHADAR  in jhalwar district of gujarat. traces of pre-harappa culture have been noticed . here we find no seal or the image of the mother goddess.


SURKOTADA   -   it is situated in kutch district of gujarat. the remains of the horse have been reported from here and belong to around 2000 b.c.


ALAMGIRPUR   -   It is situated on the  HINDON   in meerut district  of uttar pradesh . it is the eastern most known limit of the harappan culture .the site represents the last phase of this culture.


BANWALI   -   it is situated in hissar district of haryana . here we find traces of both harappan and pre harappan  cultures . a good quantity of barley has been discovered here.


CHANHUDARO  -  It is situated 80 miles south of mohenjodaro in sind province of pakistan . here we find traces of both harappan and pre harappan cultures . it was a great centre of seal making , bead making and bone working.


KOT DIJI   -   It is also situated in sind in pakistan . here we find pre harappan cuture predominantly using stone tools.


ALI MURAD  -  it is also situated in sind . a massive stone fort has been found here.


SUTKAGENDOR  -  it is the western most known limit of this culture and is situated in southern baluchisthan.


DHOLAVIRA  -  a new site ' dholavira ' has been excavated near the rann of kutch in gujarat.

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