List of Indus Valley Civilization sites
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This is a List of Indus Valley Civilization sites.
| Site | District | Province/State | Country | Image | Excavations/Findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamgirpur | Meerut District | Uttar Pradesh | India | Impression of cloth on trough | |
| Balakot | Mansehra District | Hazara | Pakistan | Earliest evidence of furnace, seaport | |
| Balu, Haryana | Fatehabad | Haryana | Indian | Earliest evidence of garlic.[1] | |
| Banawali | Hisar District | Haryana | India | Barley, terracotta figure of plough | |
| Bargaon | Saharanpur District[2] | Uttar Pradesh | India | ||
| 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,[3] only Indus site without a citadel | |
| 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 |
| 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.[4] |
| Farmana | Rohtak District | Haryana | India | Largest burial site of IVC, with 65 burials, found in India | |
| Ganeriwala | Punjab | Pakistan | |||
| Gola Dhoro | 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 |
| Hulas | Saharanpur District | Uttar Pradesh | India | ||
| Kalibangan | Hanumangarh District | Rajasthan | India |  |
Baked/burnt bangles, fire altars, small circular pits containing large urns and accompanied by pottery |
| Khirasara | Kutch District | Gujarat | India | Ware House, Industrial area, gold, copper, semi precious stone, shell objects and weight hoards | |
| Kerala-no-dhoro or Padri | Kutch District | Gujarat | India | Salt production centre, by evaporating sea water[5] | |
| Kot Bala | Lasbela District | Balochistan | Pakistan | ||
| Kot Diji | Khairpur District | Sindh | Pakistan | ||
| Kunal, Haryana | Fatehabad District | Haryana | India | Earliest Pre-Harappan site, Copper smelting.[6] | |
| 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 archeological site[7] | |
| 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 foodhills[8] | |
| Malwan | Surat District | Gujarat | India | Southern Most Harappan site in India[9] | |
| Mandi | Uttar Pradesh | India | |||
| Mehrgarh | Bolan 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 | Balochistan | Pakistan | |||
| Ongar | Sindh | Pakistan | |||
| Pir Shah Jurio | Karachi | Sindh | Pakistan | ||
| Pirak | Balochistan | Pakistan | |||
| Rakhigarhi | Hisar District | Haryana | India | Terrecotta wheels, toys,figuries,pottery. Large site, partially excavated. | |
| Rangpur | Ahmedabad District | Gujarat | India | Seaport | |
| Rehman Dheri | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Pakistan | |||
| Rojdi | Rajkot District | Gujarat | India | ||
| Rupar | Rupnagar District | Punjab | India | ||
| Sanauli[10] | Baghpat District | Uttar Pradesh | India | Burial site with 125 burials found | |
| Shikarpur, Gujarat[11] | Kutch District | Gujarat | India | Food habit details of Harappans | |
| Shortugai | Afghanistan | ||||
| Sothi | Haryana | India | |||
| Surkotada | Kutch District | Gujarat | India | Bones of a horse (only site) | |
| Sutkagan Dor | Balochistan | Pakistan | Bangles of clay, Western most known site of IVC[12] |
References [edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Archeological Survey of India Publication:Indian Archeology 1963-64 A Review [1]
- ^ "Indus Valley Civilization".
- ^ [2]
- ^ McIntosh, Jane R. (2008). The ancient Indus Valley : new perspectives. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 221. ISBN 1576079074.
- ^ McIntosh, Jane R. (2008). The Ancient Indus Valley : New Perspectives. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. pp. 68,80,82,105,113. ISBN 9781576079072.
- ^ McIntosh, Jane R. (2008). The Ancient Indus Valley : New Perspectives. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. pp. 62,74,412. ISBN 9781576079072.
- ^ India Archeology 1976-77, A Review. Archeological 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.
- ^ Archeological Survey of India
- ^ Department of Archeology and Ancient History, Maharaja Sayyajirao University, Baroda. Excavations at Shikarpur,Gujarat 2008-2009.[3]
- ^ Possehl, Gregory L. (2003). The Indus Civilization : A Contemporary perspective ([3rd printing]. ed.). New Delhi: Vistaar Publications. pp. 79–80. ISBN 8178292912.
