Important sites of harappan civilisation and their archaeological findings

Important sites of harappan civilisation and their archaeological findings 


Harappa

-pakistan bank of ravi 

2 rows of six granaries with big platform,stone symbol of lingam and yoni,mother goddess sculpture, wheat and barley in wooden mortar, dice, copper scale and mirror, sculpture of dog chasing a deer in bronze metal

Mohenjo-Daro

Pak river Indus

Citadel the great bath, great granary ,post cremation burial, sculpture of bearded priest ,the famous bronze statue of dancing girl and pashupati seal

Dholavira

Gujarat

Largest harappa city 

Unique water harvesting system, stadium, dams and embankment, gaint water reservoir, inscription comprising 10 large size signs like an advertisement board

Lothal

Gujarat

Important site for naval trade, dockyard, rice husk,fire altars, painted jar,modern day chess, terracotta figures of horse and ship, instrument for measuring 45, 90, 180 degree angles, practice of burial of cremated remains

Manchester of Indus valley civilisation


Rakhi garhi 

Haryana

Provincial capital

Largest site of Indus valley

Granary, cemetery drains, terracotta bricks


Ropar

Punjab bank of Sutlej

First harappan site of independent India

First site to be excavated after independence

Dog buried with human in oval pit burials, copper axe 

Balathal and kalibanga 

Rajasthan

Kalibnga knows for kali chudi , bangle factory, toy carts , bones of camel , decorated bricks, citadel and lower town , fire alters


Surkotada

Gujarat

First actual remains of horse bones


Bana wali 

Haryana dried river saraswati

Toy plough, barley grains, lapis lazuli, fire altars, oval shapped settlement, Only city with radial streets and oval shaped settlement


Alamgirpur

Meerut uttarpradesh yamuna river

Eastern most site

Broken blade made of copper, ceramic items, impression of cloth on a trough


Mehrgarh

Pakistan

Considered precursor to Indus valley civilisation

Pottery and copper tools


Chanhudaro

Pakistan

Lancashire of india

Only Indus city without a citadel , bead making factory , lipstick


Kotdiji

Pakistan

Tar, statues of bull and mother goddess


Suktagandor

Pakistan

Western most site

Bangles of clay


Balu 

Haryana

Various plants remains, earliest evidence of garlic


Daimabad

Maharashtra

Southern most site

Bronze sculpture, bronze chariot


Kerala no dhoro

Gujarat

Salt production during indus civilisation


Kot bala

Pakistan

Earliest evidence of furnace


Mand 

Jammu and kashmir

Northern most site

Others important sites are ---

Desalpur gujarat

Pabumath gujarat

Rangpur gujarat

Shikarpur gujarat

Sanauli uttarpradesh

Kunal haryana

Karan pura rajasthan

Ganeriwala punjab















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