Indus Valley Civilisation
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Name of Sites
|
Year of Excavation
|
Excavators
|
Region/River
|
Features
|
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Harappa
|
1921
|
Daya
Ram Sahni
|
Montgomery
district of Punjab (Now in Pak) on the left bank of Ravi
|
1.
City followed
grid planning
2.
Row of six
granaries
3.
Only place
having evidences of coffin burial
4.
Evidence of
fractional burial and coffin burial
5.
Cemetery-H of
alien people.
|
|
Mohenjo-daro
|
1922
|
R.D.Banarjee
|
Larkana
district in Sind on the right bank of Indus(Now in Pak)
|
1.
City followed
grid planning
2.
A large
granary and Great Bath, a college
3.
Human
skeletons showing invasiona and massacre.
4.
Evidence of
Horse come from superficial level.
5.
A piece of
woven cotton alongwith spindle whorls and needles
6.
Town was
flooded more then seven times.
|
|
Chanhu-daro
|
1931
|
N.
Gopal Majumdar, Mackey
|
Situtated
in Sind on the bank of Indus
|
1.
The city has
no citadal
2.
Famous for
bead makers shop
3.
A small pot,
possibly an inkpot
4.
Foot prints
of a dog chasing a cat
5.
Three
different cultural layers, Indus,Jhukar and Jhangar
|
|
Kalibangan
|
1953
|
A.
Ghosh
|
Situated
in Rajasthan on the Bank of Ghaggar
|
1.
Shows both
Pre Harappan and Harappan phase
2.
Evidence of
furrowed land
3.
Evidence of
seven fire altars and camel bones
4.
Many houses
had their own well
5.
Kalibangan
stand for black bangles
6.
Evidence of
wooden furrow
|
|
Lothal
|
1953
|
S.R.
Rao
|
Situated
in Gujarat on Bhogava river near Gulf of Cambay
|
1.
A titled
floor which bears intersecting design of circles
2.
Remains of
rice husk
3.
Evidence of
horse from a terracotta figurine
4.
A ship
designed on a seal
5.
Beads &
trade ports
6.
An instrument
for measuring angles,pointing to modern day compass
|
|
Banwali
|
1974
|
R.S.
Bisht
|
Situated
in Hissar district of Haryana
|
1.
Shows both
Pre-Harappan and Harppan phase
2.
Good quantity
of barley found here
|
|
Surkotada
|
1964
|
J.P.
Joshi
|
Situated
in Kutch (Bhuj) district of Gujarat
|
1.
Bones of
horses, Bead making shops
|
|
Sutkagendor
|
1927
|
Stein,
R.L.
|
Situated
in Baluchistan on Dast River
|
1.
Trade point
between Harappa and Babylon, belong to mature phase
2.
Evidence of
horse
|
|
Amri
|
1935
|
N.G.
Majumdar
|
Situated
in Sind on the bank of Indus
|
1.
Evidence of
antelope
|
|
Dholavira
|
1985-90
|
R.S.
Bisht
|
Situated
in Gujarat in Rann of Kutch
|
1.
Seven
cultural stages
2.
Largest site
3.
Three party
of city
4.
Unique water
management
|
|
Rangpur
|
1953
|
M.S.
Vats, B.B. Lal & S.R. Rao
|
Situated
on the bank of Mahar in Gujarat
|
1.
Rice was
cultivated
|
|
Kot
Diji
|
1953
|
Fazal
Ahmed
|
Situated
on the bank of Indus
|
1.
Wheel made
painted pottery
2.
Traces of
defensive wall and well aligned streets
3.
Knowledge of
metallurgy, artistic toys etc
|
|
Ropar
|
1953
|
Y.D.
Sharma
|
Situated
in Punjab of the banks of Sutlej
|
1.
Evidence of
burying a dog below the human bural
2.
One example
of rectangular mudbrick chamber was noticed
3.
Five fold
cultures - Harappan, PGW, NBP, Kushana - Gupta and Medieval
|
|
Balakot
|
1963-76
|
George
F Dales
|
Situated
on the Arabian Sea
|
1.
Remain of pre
Harappan and Harappan civilisation
2.
The mounds
rise to the height of about 9.7mts and are spread 2.8 sq hectare of area
|
|
Alamgirpur
|
1958
|
Y.D.
Sharma
|
Situated
on Hindon in Ghaziabad
|
1.
The
impression of cloth on a trough is discovered
2.
Usually
considered to be the eastern boundary of the Indus culture
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