Sunday, 10 January 2016

Major Harappan Sites and their Excavators Part-2

Dear Readers
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
A
tiled
Remains
Evidence

floor
of
of

Rao
which
rice
horse

bears
husk
from

intersecting
(other
a

design
than
terracotta

of

circles.
Rangpur).
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
Situated
The
Usually

Sharma
on
the
bank
of
cloth
on
a
trough
Eastern
boundary
of
the

in
Meerut
impression
of
considered
to
be

Hindon
River
is
discovered.
Indus
culture.

Surkotada

1964
JP
Situated
Bones

in
of

Kutch
horse,

Joshi
(Bhuj)
bead

(Gujarat)
making

shops.

Banawali

RS
Situated
A
jar
Show
Good
Pottery.

1974
in
scene

depicting
both
quantity

Bisht
Hissar
from
the
story
cunning
Pre-Harappan
and
of
barley

(Haryana)
fox
of
Harappan
found

panchatantra.
phase.
here.

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
shales
industry.
Dholavira

1985-90
RS
Situated
Seven
Remains
Largest
Three
Unique

in
cultural
parts

of

Rann
stages.
city

are
water

Bisht
of
Latest
of
citadel,

site
middle

Kutch

to

twon
management.

(Gujarat)
be
discovered
horse.
site.
and
Lenten
town

Rakhigarhi

1963
Prof
Drishdavati
(Hissar
district
Two
distinct
cultures
i.e,
One
of
the
largest
Smart

Surajbhan
Haryana)
on
Ghaggar
river
early
Harappan
and
mature
Harappan
site
provincial

Harappan.
capital.
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.