List of Indus Valley Civilisation sites
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As of 2008, over 1000 Indus Valley Civilization sites have been discovered.[1]
List of modern Sites
This is a List of Indus Civilization sites.
| Site | District | Province/State | Country | Image | Excavations/Findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamgirpur | Meerut District | Uttar Pradesh | India | Impression of cloth on trough | |
| Babar Kot | Saurashtra | Gujarat | India | A stone fortification wall,[2] plant remains of millets & gram.[2] bajra(pennisetum typhoideum)etc.[3] | |
| Balu, Haryana | Fatehabad | Haryana | India | Earliest evidence of garlic.[4] | |
| Banawali | Hisar District | Haryana | India | Barley, terracotta figure of plough | |
| Bargaon | Saharanpur District[5] | Uttar Pradesh | India | ||
| Baror | Sri Ganganagar district | Rajasthan | India | human skeleton, ornaments, 5 meter long and 3 meter clay oven, a pitcher filled with 8000 pearls | |
| Bet Dwarka | Devbhoomi Dwarka district | Gujarat | India | Late Harappan seal, inscribed jar, the mould of coppersmith, a copper fishhook[7][8] | |
| Bhagatrav | Bharuch District | Gujarat | India | ||
| Bhirrana | Fatehabad District | Haryana | India | Graffiti of a dancing girl on pottery, which resembles dancing girl statue found at Mohenjo-daro | |
| Chanhudaro | Nawabshah District | Sindh | Pakistan | Bead making factory, use of lipstick,[9] only Indus site without a citadel | |
| Daimabad Late Harappan | Ahmadnagar District | Maharashtra | India |  |
A sculpture of a bronze chariot, 45 cm long and 16 cm wide, yoked to two oxen, driven by a man 16 cm high standing in it; and three other bronze sculptures.[10] Southern-most IVC site |
| Desalpur in Nakhtrana Taluka, | Kutch District | Gujarat | India | Massive stone fortification, Harappan pottery, two script bearing seals, one of steatite and other of copper were also found; one script bearing terrecotta sealings was also found.[11] | |
| Dholavira | Kutch District | Gujarat | India |  |
Figure of chariot tied to a pair of bullocks and driven by a nude human, Water harvesting and number of reservoirs, use of rocks for constructions |
| Farmana | Rohtak District | Haryana | India | Largest burial site of IVC, with 65 burials, found in India | |
| Ganeriwala | Punjab | Pakistan | Equidistant from both Harappa and Mohenjodaro, it is near a dry bed of the former Ghaggar or Saraswati River. It is site of almost the same size of Mahenjodaro. It may have been the third major centre in the IVC as it is near to the copper rich mines in Rajasthan. | ||
| Gola Dhoro near Bagasara | Amreli district | Gujarat | India | Production of shell bangles, semi precious beads etc. | |
| Harappa | Sahiwal District | Punjab | Pakistan |  |
Granaries, coffin burial, Lot of artefacts, Important IVC Town, First town which is Excavated and studied in detail |
| Hisar mound inside Firoz Shah Palace | Hisar District | Haryana | India |  |
Unexcavated site |
| Hulas | Saharanpur District | Uttar Pradesh | India | ||
| Jognakhera | Kurukshetra | Haryana | India | Copper smelting furnaces with copper slag and pot shards[12] | |
| Kalibangan | Hanumangarh District | Rajasthan | India | Baked/burnt bangles, fire altars, Shiva Lingam, small circular pits containing large urns and accompanied by pottery | |
| Karanpura near Bhadra city | Hanumangarh district | Rajasthan | India |  |
skeleton of child, terracota like pottery, bangles, seals similar to other Harppan sites [13] |
| Khirasara | Saurashtra | Gujarat | India | Ware House, Industrial area, gold, copper, semi precious stone, shell objects and weight hoards | |
| Kerala-no-dhoro or Padri | Saurashtra | Gujarat | India | Salt production centre, by evaporating sea water[14] | |
| Kot Bala | Lasbela District | Balochistan | Pakistan | Earliest evidence of furnace, seaport | |
| Kot Diji | Khairpur District | Sindh | Pakistan | ||
| Kunal, Haryana | Fatehabad District | Haryana | India | Earliest Pre-Harappan site, Copper smelting.[15] | |
| Kuntasi | Rajkot District | Gujarat | India | Small port | |
| Lakhueen-jo-daro | Sukkur District | Sindh | Pakistan | ||
| Larkana | Larkana District | Sindh | Pakistan | ||
| Loteshwar | Mehsana District | Gujarat | India | Ancient archaeological site[16] | |
| Lothal | Ahmedabad District | Gujarat | India |  |
Bead making factory, dockyard, button seal, fire altars, painted jar, earliest cultivation of rice (1800 BC) |
| Manda,Jammu | Jammu District | Jammu & Kashmir | India | Northern Most Harappan site in Himalayan foothills[17] | |
| Malwan | Surat District | Gujarat | India | Southern Most Harappan site in India[18] | |
| Mandi | Muzaffarnagar district | Uttar Pradesh | India | ||
| Mehrgarh | Kachi District | Balochistan | Pakistan | Earliest agricultural community | |
| Mitathal | Bhiwani District | Haryana | India | ||
| Mohenjo-Daro | Larkana District | Sindh | Pakistan |  |
Great Bath (the biggest bath ghat), Great granary, Bronze dancing girl, Bearded man, terracotta toys, Bull seal, Pashupati seal, three cylindrical seals of the Mesopotamian type, a piece of woven cloth |
| Mundigak | Kandahar Province | Kandahar | Afghanistan | ||
| Nausharo near Dadhar | Kachi District | Balochistan | Pakistan | ||
| Ongar | Hyderabad | Sindh | Pakistan | ||
| Pabumath | Kutch District | Gujarat | India | A large building complex, unicorn seal, shell bangles, beads, copper bangles, needles, antimony rods,steatite micro beads; pottery include large and medium size jars, beaker, dishes, dish-on-stand, perforated jars etc.; fine red pottery with black painted designs etc.[19] | |
| Pir Shah Jurio | Karachi | Sindh | Pakistan | ||
| Pirak | Sibi | Balochistan | Pakistan | ||
| Rakhigarhi | Hisar District | Haryana | India | Terrecotta wheels, toys,figuries,pottery. Large site, partially excavated. | |
| Rangpur | Ahmedabad District | Gujarat | India | Seaport | |
| Rehman Dheri | Dera Ismail Khan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Pakistan | ||
| Rojdi | Rajkot District | Gujarat | India | ||
| Rupar | Rupnagar District | Punjab | India | ||
| Sanauli[20] | Baghpat District | Uttar Pradesh | India | Burial site with 125 burials found | |
| Sheri Khan Tarakai | Bannu District | Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa | Pakistan | pottery, lithic artifact | |
| Shikarpur, Gujarat[21] | Kutch District | Gujarat | India | Food habit details of Harappans | |
| Shortugai | Takhar Province | Afghanistan | |||
| Siswal | Hisar (district) | Haryana | India | ||
| Sokhta Koh | Makran | Balochistan | Pakistan | Pottery | |
| Sothi near Baraut | Bagpat district | Uttar Pradesh | India | ||
| Surkotada | Kutch District | Gujarat | India | Bones of a horse (only site) | |
| Sutkagan Dor | Makran | Balochistan | Pakistan | Bangles of clay, Western most known site of IVC[22] | |
| Vejalka | Botad district | Gujarat | India | pottery |
References
- ↑ McIntosh 2008, p. 39.
- 1 2 Singh, Upinder (2008). A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India : from the Stone Age to the 12th century. New Delhi: Pearson Education. p. 222. ISBN 9788131711200.
- ↑ Agnihotri, V.K.(Ed.) (1981). Indian History. Mumbai: Allied Publishers. pp. A–82.
- ↑ Singh, Upinder (2008). A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India : from the Stone Age to the 12th century. New Delhi: Pearson Education. pp. 137, 157. ISBN 9788131711200.
- ↑ Archaeological Survey of India Publication:Indian Archaeology 1963-64 A Review
- ↑ "Baror near Ramsinghpur". Rajasthan patrika newspaper. 19 June 2006.
- ↑ Rao, S. R.; Gaur, A. S. (July 1992). "Excavations at Bet Dwarka" (PDF). Marine Archaeology. Marine Archaeological Centre, Goa. 3: 42–. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ Gaur, A. S. (25 February 2004). "A unique Late Bronze Age copper fish-hook from Bet Dwarka Island, Gujarat, west coast of India: Evidence on the advance fishing technology in ancient India" (PDF). Current Science. IISc. 86 (4): 512–514. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "Indus Valley Civilization".
- ↑
- ↑ Ghosh, A., ed. (1967). "Explorations and excavations: Gujarat: 19. Excavation at Desalpur (Gunthli), District Kutch" (PDF). Indian Archaeology 1963-64, A Review. Indian Archaeology (1963-64): 10–12. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
- ↑ Sabharwal, Vijay (2010-07-11). "Indus Valley site ravaged by floods". The Times Of India.
- ↑ "seals found at Karanpura". dainik bhaskar Hindi newspaper.
- ↑ McIntosh 2008, p. 221.
- ↑ McIntosh 2008, p. 68,80,82,105,113.
- ↑ McIntosh 2008, p. 62,74,412.
- ↑ India Archaeology 1976-77, A Review. Archaeological Survey of India.Page 19.
- ↑ Singh, Upinder (2008). A history of ancient and early medieval India : from the Stone Age to the 12th century. New Delhi: Pearson Education. p. 137. ISBN 9788131711200.
- ↑ Mittra, Debala, ed. (1983). "Indian Archaeology 1980-81 A Review" (PDF). Indian Archaeology 1980-81 a Review. Calcutta: Government of India, Archaeological Survey of India: 14.
- ↑ Archaeological Survey of India
- ↑ Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Maharaja Sayyajirao University, Baroda. Excavations at Shikarpur,Gujarat 2008-2009.
- ↑ Possehl, Gregory L. (2003). The Indus Civilization : A Contemporary perspective ([3rd printing]. ed.). New Delhi: Vistaar Publications. pp. 79–80. ISBN 8178292912.
Bibliography
- McIntosh, Jane R. (2008). The Ancient Indus Valley : New Perspectives. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781576079072.
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