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Indus Valley / Harappan Civilization
Topics covered in this blog :-
1) Ancient india timeline
2) Important excavations -
a) Harappa
b) Mohen-jo-daro
c) Chanhudaro
d) Kalibangan
e) Lothal
f) Dholavira
Ancient India Timeline -
Paleolithic Age - 10,000 B.C and beyond
Mesolithic Age - 10,000 to 4,000 B.C
Neolithic Age - 4,000 to 1800 B.C
Chalcolithic Age - 1800 to 1000 B.C
Iron Age - 1,000 B.C and onwards
- Indus valley belongs to chalcolithic age.
Indus Valley / Harappan Civilization -
A) Harappa
- under supervision of "Dayaram Sahni"
- located on the bank of "Ravi river"
- what was found - 6 Granaries (godam), Cementary, Stone symbols of lingam ( shivling ) & yori, vanity box, dice
B) Mohen-jo-daro
- it's name is a sindhi word
- called as "Mound of dead"
- located on the bank of "Sindhu river"
- under supervision of "R.D Banerjee"
- what was found - Great bath, Great Granary, Assembly Hall, Yogi (shiv) seal, Dancing girl with bronze state
C) Chanhudaro
- discovered by "Macaulay & N.G Majumdar"
- what was found - city without citadel ( fort ), Inkpot, Lipstick, Lipstick of dogd on a brick, terracotta ( like clay ) model of bullock cart
D) Kalibangan
- in rajasthan , on the bank of "Saraswati river"
- under supervision of "Amalanand Ghosh"
- what was found - Ploughed field, Cylindrical seal
E) Lothal
- in Gujarat, on the bank of "river Bhagva"
- located on the "Gulf of Cambay" ( dockyard)
- under supervision of S.N Rao
- largest structure of Indus valley civilization
- what was found - Rice husk, Permanent flooring
F) Dholavira
- located on bank of Luni, Kachh region
- under supervision of J.P Joshi
- what was found - Drainage system, Stadium, 3 section - citadel, middle town, lower town
[ generally there were only 2 sections in other excavations - west ( citadel ) & east ( lower town ) ]
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