major sites of Harappan civilisation please give me 2 page answer
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Here I am giving the list of major sites in the Indus valley civilizations along with its location, major findings which are very useful for examination.
Year Site Location Excavated by Major findings
1921 Harappa Sahiwal District, Punjab in the banks of Ravi Daya Ram Sahni
Piece of Pottery with Indus Script
Cubical Limestone Weight
Faience Slag
Sandstone statues of Human anatomy
Copper Bullock cart
Granaries
Coffin burials (Only founded in Harrapa)
Terracotta Figurines
1922 Mohenjo-Daro Larkana District Of Sind on the bank of Indus R. D Banerjee
Great bath
Granary
Unicorn Seals (Most numbers of it in here)
Bronze dancing girl statue
Seal of a man with deers, elephants, tiger and rhinos around- Considered to be Pashupati Seal)
Steatite statue of beard man
Bronze buffalo
1929 Sutkagendor Baluchistan on Dast river Stein
Trade point between Harappa and Babylon
Flint Blades
Stone Vessels
Stone Arrowheads
Shell Beads
Pottery
Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex (BMAC) associated Copper-Bronze Disc
1931 Chanhudaro Mullan Sandha, Sind on the Indus river N G Majumdar
Bangle Factory
InkPot
Bead makers shop
The footprint of a dog chasing a cat
Cart with a seated driver
Note: It is the only city without a citadel
1935 Amri Close to Balochistan, on the bank of Indus river N G Majumdar
Antelope evidence
Rhinoceros’ evidence
1953 Kalibangan Hanumangarh District, Rajasthan on the bank of Ghaggar river Amlanand Ghose
Lower fortified town
Wooden drainage
Copper Ox
Evidence of earthquake
Wooden plough
Camel’s bone
Fire alters
Camel’s bones
Furrowed land
1953 Lothal Gujarat on Bhogva river near the Gulf of
Cambay
R. Rao
Port Town
Graveyard
Ivory weight balance
Copper dog
First manmade port
Dockyard
Rice husk
Fire alters
Chess-playing
1964 Surkotada Gujarat J P Joshi
Bones of horses
Beads
Stone Covered Beads
1974 Banawali Fatehabad district of Haryana R S Bisht
Beads
Barley
Oval shaped settlement
The only city with radial streets
Toy plough
The largest number of barley grains
1985 Dholavira Gujarat in Rann of Kutchchh R S Bisht
Exclusive water management
Only site to be divided into three parts
Giant water reservoir
Unique water harnessing system
Dams
Embankments
Stadium
Rock – Cut architecture