Kalibangan
Kalibangān is a prehistoric site at 29°28′N 74°08′E / 29.47°N 74.13°E in Rajasthan. It is on the left or southern banks of the Ghaggar (Ghaggar-Hakra River),[1][2] India. It is on a triangle-shaped piece of land at the confluence of Drishadvati and Sarasvathi Rivers.[3] A report on the excavations at the site were published in 2003 by the Archaeological Survey of India, 34 years after the completion of excavations. The report said that Kalibangan was a major provincial capital in the Indus Valley. Discoveries at Kalibangan include unique fire altars and world's earliest known ploughed field.[4] There is also evidence of two types of burials, namely circular graves and rectangular graves.
Kalibangan Media
Ruins of Kalibanga. Brick wall can be seen in the hole in the centre.
Kalibangan Harappan seals
Kalibangan 2 Main street
Kalibangan arterial thoroughfare, Harappan
- StampofIndiaColnectKalibanganSeal
The passage to the graveyard
References
- ↑ Calkins, PB; Alam M. "India". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
- ↑ Lal, BB (2002). "The Homeland of Indo-European Languages and Culture: Some Thoughts". Purātattva. Indian Archaeological Society. pp. 1–5.
- ↑ McIntosh, Jane (2008) The Ancient Indus Calley : New Perspectives. ABC-CLIO. Page 77
- ↑ Lal, BB (2003). Excavations at Kalibangan, the Early Harappans, 1960-1969. Archaeological Survey of India. pp. 17, 98.