12/23/2020 List of Archaeological Sites of Indus Valley Civilisation

List of Archaeological Sites of Indus Valley Civilisation

Archaeological Sites of Description/Discovery /Findings

Indus Valley Civilization
Harappa 1. Excavated by Daya Ram Sahni in 1921-
1923.
2. Situated on the bank of river Ravi in
Montgomery district of Punjab (Pakistan).
3. Stone dancing Natraja and Cemetry-
37 have been excavated here.
Mohenjo-Daro (Mound of Dead) 1. Excavated by RD Bannerji in 1922.
2. Situated on the Bank of river Indus in
Larkana district of Punjab (Pakistan).
3. Great Bath, Collegiate Building and
the Assembly Hall are the special features of
the site.
4. Pashupati Mahadeva (Proto Shiva) seal
and fragment of woven cotton have been
excavated.
Chanhudaro (Sindh, Pakistan) 1. Excavated by NG Majumdar in 1931.
2. Situated on the Bank of river Indus in
Sindh, Pakistan.
3. It is only Indus Site with no Citadel.
4. Bronze figurines of bullock cart and
ekkas and a small pot suggesting a kink
well have been excavated.
Lothal (Gujarat) 1. Excavated by SR Rao in 1954.
2. Situated on the bank of river Bhogava.
3. City was divided into Citadel and the
lower town and dockyard.
4. Evidence of rice has been found here.
Kalibanga (Black Bangles), 1. Excavated by BB Lal in 1961.
Rajasthan 2. Situated on the bank of river Ghaggar
3. Evidence of ploughed field, wooden
furrow, seven fire-altars, bones of
camel and two types of burials (Circular
grave and rectangular grave) have been
found.
Dholavira 1. Excavated by JP Joshi in 1967-68.
2. Situated on the bank of river Luni of
Kachchh district in Gujarat.
3. Evidence of unique water management
system, Harapan inscription and stadium
has been found here.
Surkotada (Gujarat) 1. Excavated by JP Joshi in 1972.

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2. Situated between the rivers Sabarmati

and the Bhogavo.
3. Evidence of horse, oval grave and pit
burial has been found here.
Banawali (Haryana) 1. Excavated by RS Bisht in 1973.
2. Situated on the bank of river Saraswati.
3. Evidence of both pre-Harappan and
Harappan culture and barley with good
quality has been found here.

The Indus Valley Civilisation is also named the Harappa civilisation after Harappa, the
first of its sites to be excavated in the 1920s, in what was then the Punjab province of
British India.The discovery of Harappa, and soon afterwards Mohenjo-daro, was the
culmination of work beginning in 1861 with the founding of the Archaeological Survey of
India in the British Raj

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