Major Harappan Sites and their Excavators Part-2

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As the Exam will start soon and the focus of the student not only be on Math and Reasoning but also on General Knowledge. This post is exclusively for all the aspirants who are preparing for Railway's and SSC. This  notes were based on ancient history and we highlighted all the important things from Exam point of view. So friends, read the below topics this will definitely help you. We will post this notes of different subject on daily basis, so please keep reading..

Lothal

1953
SR Rao
•A tiled floor which bears intersecting design of circles. 
•Remains of rice husk (other than Rangpur). 
•Evidence of horse from a terracotta figurine. 
•A ship designed on a seal. 
•Beads and trade ports. A Terracotta ship. 
•An instrument for measuring angles, pointing to modern days compass. 
•Houses with entrances on the main street a unique feature as the houses of all other Harappan cities had side entries. 
•First man-made port in the world and a dock. 
•Evidence of joint burial. 
•A jar depicting scene from the story ‘cunning fox’ of Panchatantra. 



Alamgirpur  

1958
YD Sharma
Situated in Meerut on the bank of Hindon River 
•The impression of cloth on a trough is discovered. 
•Usually considered to be Eastern boundary of the Indus culture.   


Surkotada

1964


JP Joshi
Situated in Kutch (Bhuj) (Gujarat)
•Bones of horse, bead making shops. 





Banawali

1974
RS Bisht
Situated in Hissar (Haryana)
•A jar depicting scene from the story cunning fox of panchatantra. 
•Show both Pre-Harappan and Harappan phase. 
•Good quantity of barley found here. 
•Pottery. 

Balakot

1963 - 76
George F Dales Situated in the Arabian Sea
•Remain of Pre-Harappan and Harappan Civilisation. 
•The mounds rise to the height of about 9.7 m and are spread 2.8 sq. hectare of area. Beads manufactures and shale’s industry.


Dholavira

1985-90 
RS Bisht
Situated in Rann of Kutch (Gujarat)
•Seven cultural stages. Latest site to be discovered 
•Remains of horse. 
•Largest site. 
•Three parts of city are citadel, middle twon and Lenten town 
•Unique water management.  

Rakhigarhi

1963  
Prof Surajbhan
Drishdavati (Hissar district Haryana) on Ghaggar river  
•Two distinct cultures i.e, early Harappan and mature Harappan. 
•One of the largest Harappan site provincial capital. 

Smart Facts 

. Until 1920s. Indian History began with the advent of Aryans, as no information was available to reconstruct the history of India before that.  
. The efforts of the Indian Archaeologist of the first half of the 20th Century have pushed back the starting point of the study of Indian History. 
. The earliest recorded reference to the civilisaiton is given by Charles Masson, who visited the site Harappa in 1826 and wrote about a running brick castle but its significance was not realized until much later. 
. In 1857, the British Authorities used Harappan bricks in the construction of East Indian Railway line connecting Karachi and Lahore. 
. In 1912, Harappan seals with then unknown symbols were discovered by J Fleet which trigged an excavation campaign under Sir John Marshall in (1921-22), resulting in the discovery of a hitherto unknown civilization by Dayaram Sahni. By 1931, much of Mohenjo-Daro was excavated, but minor campaigns continued, such as that led by Mortimer Wheeler in 1950.