Major sites of the Indus Valley Civilization (Based on NCERT)
Posted on 25-04-2022
Major sites of the Indus Valley Civilization
Major sites of the Indus Valley Civilization: The main sites of the Indus Valley Civilization, from where the excavation gives information about this civilization. Most of the sites of this civilization are located near the river Indus, so it is called Indus Civilization, as well as Indus Civilization is also called Harappan Civilization because the remains of this civilization were first obtained from a place called Harappa.
Major excavation sites of the Indus Valley Civilization
| venue | year of excavation | Instruction |
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| Harappa (Montgomery District, Punjab Province, Pakistan) | 1921 AD | Rai Bahadur Dayaram Sahni |
| Mohenjodaro (Larkana district of Sindh, Pakistan) | 1922 AD | Rakhaldas Banerjee |
| Sutkagendor (Baluchistan, Pakistan) | 1927 AD | Aurel Stine |
| Chanhudaro (Sindh, Pakistan) | 1931 AD | M. G. majumdar |
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| Rangpur (Ahmedabad – Kathiawar, India) | 1951-53 AD |
Madhoswaroop Vats, B. B. Lal, S. R. Rao. |
| Kotdiji (Sindh, Pakistan) | 1953 AD | Fazal Ahmed |
| Ropar (Punjab, India) | 1953 AD | Yagyadutt Sharma |
| Lothal (Ahmedabad – Kathiawar, India) | 1954 AD | s. R. Rao |
| Alamgirpur (Meerut – Uttar Pradesh, India) | 1958 AD. | Yagyadutt Sharma |
| Kalibanga (Ganganagar – Rajasthan, India) | 1961 AD. | B. B. Lal |
| Surkotada (Kutch – Gujarat, India) | 1972 AD | Jagpati Joshi |
| Banawali (Hisar – Haryana, India) | 1973 AD | R. s. Bisht |
| Dholavira (Kutch – Gujarat, India) | 1990 AD | R. s. Bisht |
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