Major Sites of Indus Valley Civilization
Indus valley civilization is also called Harappan Civilization. The site is famous for systematic planning based on-grid systems. The Harappan Civilization was a Bronze age civilization, that extended from North-East Afghanistan to Pakistan and North-west India.
Important Facts About Indus Valley Civilization:
- Till now about 1400 sites are found belonging to the Indus valley civilization, out of which 925 sites are in India.
- Most of the Indus valley civilization was located in the valley of the Saraswati river (Extinct today). The river extended as Ghaggar in Punjab and Hakra in Baluchistan region.
- The main river basins on which the civilization furnished were the river basin of the Indus and the Ghaggar-Harka.
- Surkotda, Lothal, and Dholavira are important port towns of the Indus Valley Civilization.
- Harappa, Mohanjodaro, Banwali, and Dholavira are the other four major important sites of the Indus Valley Civilization.
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A list of Major Sites of the Indus Valley Civilization is given in the table
| Name of site and year of finding | excavator | State/District/Region | Findings |
| Harappa 1921 |
Dayaram Sahni | Harappa is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, west of Sahiwal.
This site is situated on the left bank of the Ravi river
|
Granaries, coffin burial (only found at Harappa) a lot of artifacts, important Indus Valley Civilization town. Harappa is the first town which is excavated and studied in detail |
| Mohenjodaro (Mound of Dead Man) 1922 |
RD Banerjee | Situated in Larkana district Sindh Pakistan On the right bank of river Indus
|
Great bath,
great granary, Bronze dancing girl, Bearded man, terracotta toys, Bull seal, Pashupati seal, three cylindrical seals of the Mesopotamian type, and a piece of woven cloth found from here. |
| Sutkangedor
1927 |
RL stein | The westernmost archaeological site of Indus valley
Situated in Baluchistan, on the western bank of the Dasht River. |
Bangles of clay,
Westernmost known site of IVC Trade between Harappa and Babylon Stone Vessels Flint Blades pottery Bacteria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC) associated copper bronze disc |
| Chahundaro
1931 |
N Gopal Majumdar, Mackey | Situated in Sindh Pakistan on the bank of the left Indus | Bead-making factory,
use of lipstick |
| Amri
1935 |
NG Majumdar | Situated in Sindh Pakistan on the bank of the Indus | Remains of rhinoceros |
| Kalibangan
1953 |
A Ghosh | Situated in Rajasthan on the left bank of Ghaggar | Baked/burnt bangles
fire altars small circular pits containing large urns and accompanied by pottery, Bones of camel |
| Kot Diji
1953 |
Fazal Ahmed | Situated on the left bank of the Indus In Pakistan | House fortified, made from unbaked mud-bricks
Developed pottery |
| Rangpur
1953 |
MS Vats, BB Lal and SR Rao | Situated on the left bank of Mahar river(Gujarat) | Seaport |
| Ropar
1953 |
YD Sharma | Situated in Panjab on the bank of Sutlej | 125 Burials found |
| Lothal
1953 |
SR Rao | Situated in Gujarat on the confluence of the Sabarmati and Bhogava rivers near the Gulf of Cambay
It was the only site of Idus Civilisation with an artificial brick dockyard |
Graveyard
Ivory weight balance Copper dog Man-made port (First) Rice husk Fire alters Chess-playing |
| Alamgirpur
1958 |
YD Sharma | Situated in Meerut on the bank of the Hindon river | Ceramic items found included roof tiles, dishes, cups, vases, cubicle dice, beads,
Terracotta cakes, carts Broken blade made up of Copper Cloth |
| Daimbad
(Late Harappan) 1958 |
B. P. Bopardikar | Situated on the left bank of the Pravara River, a tributary of the Godavari River.
Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra state in India. |
A sculpture of a bronze chariot, driven by a man 16 cm high standing in it
Three other bronze sculptures |
| Rakhigarhi
1963 |
Prof Surajbhan | Drishdavati – Hissar district Haryana (India) on Ghaggar river | Terracotta wheels
Toys figurines, pottery |
| Surkotada
1964 |
JP Joshi | Situated in Kutch (Bhuj) (Gujarat) | Bones of a horse found (The only site) |
| Banawali
1974 |
RS Bisht | Situated in Hissar (Haryana) | Barley
Terracotta Figure of plow Radial street (only city) |
| Dholavira
(40th world heritage site of India) 1985 |
RS Bisht | Gujrat in Rann of Kutch | The only site divided into three parts
Exclusive water management Giant water reservoir Dams Rock-cut architecture Stadium |
major sites of the Indus valley civilization
Major sites of Indus valley civilization
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indus_Valley_Civilisation_sites
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