List of Indus Valley Civilisation Sites
List of Indus Valley Civilisation Sites
The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Harappan Civilisation, was a major early civilisation,
existing from 3300–1300 BCE. It covered much of modern-day Pakistan and northwest India, as well as possessing
at least one trading colony in northeast Afghanistan.[1] Over 1400 Indus Valley civilisation sites have been
discovered,[2] of which 925 sites are in India and 475 in Pakistan.[3][4] Only 40 sites on the Indus valley had been
discovered in the pre-Partition era[5] by archaeologists.
The most widely known Indus Valley sites are Mohenjo-daro and Harappa; Mohenjo-daro is located in modern-day
Sindh, while Harappa is in West Punjab.[6] Around 1,100 (80%) sites are located on the plains between the rivers
Ganges and Indus.[3] More than 90% of the inscribed objects and seals that were discovered were found at ancient
urban centres along the Indus river in Pakistan, mainly in Harappa and Mohenjo-daro.[7][8] More than 50 IVC
burial sites have been found, including at Rakhigarhi (first site with genetic testing), Mohenjo-Daro, Harappa,
Farmana, Kalibangan, Lothal, Dholavira, Mehrgarh, Banawali, Alamgirpur and Chanhudaro .[9]
List of Indus Valley sites
Indus Valley Civilisation discoveries
A stone fortification
Saurashtra,
Babar Kot Gujarat India wall,[11] plant remains of
Rajula
millets and gram.[11][12]
Earliest evidence of
garlic.[13] Several plant
remains were found here
include various types of
barley, wheat, rice, horse
gram, green gram, various
types of a pea, sesamum,
Balu,
Kaithal Haryana India melon, watermelon,
Haryana
grapes, dates, garlic, etc.
(Saraswat and Pokharia -
2001-2)[11] which is
comparable to a nearby
IVC site Kunal, Haryana
revealed remains of rice
(probably wild).
Excavated in 1973 by RS
Bisht.
Located alongside the
Saraswati River. This
area contains
evidence of both pre-
Fatehabad
1974[14] Banawali Haryana India Harappan and
District
Harappan culture as
well as high-quality
barley. Barley,
terracotta figure of
plough
Saharanpur
Bargaon Uttar Pradesh India
District[15]
Human skeleton,
Sri ornaments, five-meter-long
Baror Ganganagar Rajasthan India and three-meter clay oven,
district a pitcher filled with 8,000
pearls[16]
Late Harappan seal,
Devbhoomi inscribed jar, the mould of
Bet Dwarka Dwarka Gujarat India coppersmith, a copper
district
fishhook[17][18]
Bharuch
Bhagatrav Gujarat India
District
Graffiti of a dancing girl on
Fatehabad pottery, which resembles a
Bhirrana Haryana India
District dancing girl statue found
at Mohenjo-Daro
1931; excavated by NG
Majumdar
Located in Sindh,
Pakistan, on the
banks of the Indus
River. With no citadel,
it is merely an Indus
site. Excavated items
Nawabshah include bronze
1931[19] Chanhudaro
District
Sindh Pakistan
statues of bullock
carts and ekkas as
well as a small jar that
appears to be a kink
well. Bead making
factory, use of
lipstick,[20] only Indus
site without a citadel
unexcavated 9.6
Chapuwala Cholistan Punjab Pakistan
hectares[21]
A sculpture of a bronze
chariot, 45 cm long and
16 cm wide, yoked to two
oxen, driven by a man
Ahmadnagar 16 cm high standing in it;
Daimabad Maharashtra India and three other bronze
District
sculptures.[22]
Southernmost IVC site in
India, Late Harappan
Phase
Production of shell
Gola Dhoro kutch district Gujarat India bangles, semi-precious
beads, etc.
Hisar mound
inside Firoz Hisar District Haryana India Unexcavated site
Shah Palace
Saharanpur
Hulas Uttar Pradesh India
District
Skeleton of child,
Karanpura terracotta like pottery,
Hanumangarh
near Bhadra Rajasthan India bangles, seals similar to
district
city
other Harappan sites [28]
Kot Bala
Lasbela Earliest evidence of
(also, Balochistan Pakistan
District furnace, seaport
Balakot)
Khairpur
Kot Diji Sindh Pakistan
District
Northernmost Harappan
Manda, Jammu Jammu & site in Himalayan
India
Jammu District Kashmir
foothills[33]
Southernmost Harappan
Malwan Surat District Gujarat India
site in India[34]
Muzaffarnagar
Mandi Uttar Pradesh India
district
Earliest agricultural
Mehrgarh Kachi District Balochistan Pakistan community (7000-5000
BC)
Bhiwani
Mitathal Haryana India
District
Fortified settlement.
Mature and late Harappan
phases of civilisation
found. Harappan jar
shards, burial cairns,
Morodharo Kutch District Gujarat India
boundary stones to mark
graves found. Closely
resembles Dholavira and
has evidence of being an
ancient seaport.
Nausharo
Kachi District Balochistan Pakistan
near Dadhar
Ongar Hyderabad Sindh Pakistan
Darqad Takhar
Shortugai Afghanistan
District Province
Siswal Hisar (district) Haryana India
Sothi near
Bagpat district Uttar Pradesh India
Baraut
Excavated in 1972 by JP
Joshi.
Located between the
Sabarmati and
Bhogavo rivers. Here,
1964[14] Surkotada Kutch District Gujarat India there is proof of a
horse burial, an oval
grave, and a pit burial.
Bones of a horse
(only site)
Bangles of clay,
Sutkagan westernmost-known site of
Makran Balochistan Pakistan
Dor
IVC[41]
Meluhha
Indus–Mesopotamia relations
Conflict with the Akkadians and Neo-Sumerians
List of inventions and discoveries of the Indus Valley Civilization
Hydraulic engineering of the Indus Valley Civilization
Sanitation of the Indus Valley civilisation
Periodisation of the Indus Valley civilisation
Pottery in the Indian subcontinent
Bara culture, subtype of Late-Harappan Phase
Cemetery H culture (2000-1400 BC), early Indo-Aryan pottery at IVC sites later evolved into
Painted Grey Ware culture of Vedic period
Black and red ware, belonging to neolithic and Early-Harappan phases
Sothi-Siswal culture, subtype of Early-Harappan Phase
See also
Timeline of Pakistani history
Timeline of Indian history
List of archaeological sites by country
World Heritage Sites by country
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