Indus Valley Civilisation sites

By :Adesh Katariyaplast.adesh@gmail.com

Impression of cloth on trough

Alamgirpur Meerut District Uttar Pradesh India

A stone fortification wall,plant remains of millets & gram.

Babar KotSaurashtraGujaratIndia

Earliest evidence of garlic.

Balu, Haryana FatehabadHaryana India

Barley, terracotta figure of plough

Banawali Hisar District Haryana India

human skeleton, ornaments, 5 meter long and 3 meter clay oven, a pitcher filled with 8000 pearls

BarorSri Ganganagar district Rajasthan India

Late Harappan seal, inscribed jar, the mould of coppersmith, a copper fishhook[7][8]

Bet Dwarka Devbhoomi Dwarka district Gujarat India

Graffiti of a dancing girl on pottery, which resembles dancing girl statue found at Mohenjo-daro

BhirranaFatehabad DistrictHaryanaIndia

Bead making factory, use of lipstick only Indus site without a citadel

Chanhudaro Nawabshah District Sindh Pakistan

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.Southern-most IVC site

Daimabad District Maharashtra 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]

Desalpur in Nakhtrana Taluka ,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.

Dholavira Kutch District Gujarat India

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.

Ganeriwala Punjab Pakistan

Production of shell bangles, semi precious beads etc.

Gola Dhoro near Bagasara Amreli district Gujarat India

Granaries, coffin burial, Lot of artefacts, Important IVC Town, First town which is Excavated and studied in detail

Harappa Sahiwal District Punjab Pakistan

Unexcavated site

Hisar mound inside Firoz Shah Palace Hisar District Haryana India

Copper smelting furnaces with copper slag and pot shards.

Jognakhera Kurukshetra Haryana India

Baked/burnt bangles, fire altars, Shiva Lingam, small circular pits containing large urns and accompanied by pottery

KalibanganHanumangarh DistrictRajasthanIndia

skeleton of child, terracota like pottery, bangles, seals similar to other Harppan sites [1

Karanpura  Hanumangarh district Rajasthan India

Ware House, Industrial area, gold, copper, semi precious stone, shell objects and weight hoards

Khirasara Saurashtra Gujarat India

Salt production centre, by evaporating sea water.

Kerala-no-dhoro  or PadriSaurashtra Gujarat India

Earliest evidence of furnace, seaport

Kot BalaLasbela District Balochistan Pakistan

Earliest Pre-Harappan site, Copper smelting.

Kunal, Haryana Fatehabad District Haryana India

Bead making factory, dockyard, button seal, fire altars, painted jar, earliest cultivation of rice (1800 BC)

Lothal Ahmedabad District Gujarat India

Northern Most Harappan site in Himalayan foothills.

Manda, Jammu & Kashmir India

Southern Most Harappan site in India.

Malwan Surat District Gujarat India

Earliest agricultural community

Mehrgarh Kachi District Balochistan 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

Mohenjo-Daro Larkana DistrictS indh Pakistan

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]

PabumathKutch DistrictGujaratIndia

Terrecotta wheels, toys,figuries,pottery. Large site, partially excavated.

Rakhigarhi Hisar District Haryana India

Burial site with 125 burials found

Sanauli Baghpat District Uttar Pradesh India

Food habit details of Harappans

Shikarpur, Gujarat Kutch District Gujarat India

Bones of a horse (only site)

Surkotada Kutch District Gujarat India

Bangles of clay, Western most known site of IVC

Sutkagan Dor Makran Balochistan Pakistan

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