List of Major Indus Valley Civilization Sites
A list of Indus Valley Civilization Sites will provide valuable information about the date of discovery, the location of Harappan sites, and key findings at these sites. Indus Valley Civilization Sites are important for the UPSC Prelims Exam (Ancient Indian History) and UPSC Mains Exam (GS Paper 1- Indian History- Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, Literature, and Architecture from ancient to modern times.)
Indian history began at the same time when the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) emerged. It is estimated that the Indus Valley Civilization (also known as the Harappan Civilization) flourished from 3300 to 1300 BCE. The Indus Civilization reached its mature state between 2600 and 1900 BCE.
The 1900 BCE – 1500 BCE period saw the decline of the Indus Valley Civilisation which coincided with a wave of migration of the Aryan people from the north, most likely the Iranian Plateau.
The first site of the Indus Valley Civilization was Harappa, which founded in the 1920s by Madho Sarup Vats, Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni, and Marshall. The discovery of Mohenjo-daro, it is located in the Sindh (Sind) region near to the Indus River.
List of Major Harappan Sites, their discovery, and Key artefacts found at these sites are mentioned below-
Year | Site | Discovered by | Location | Features |
1921 | Harappa | Marshall, Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni and Madho Sarup Vats. | Located in the Montgomery district of Punjab, on the banks of the Ravi River. |
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1922 | Mohenjodaro | R.D. Banerjee, E. J. H. MacKay and Marshall. | Located in the Punjab district of Larkana on the banks of the Indus River |
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1929 | Sutkagendor | Stein | Dast river in Pakistan’s southern Balochistan province |
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1931 | Chanhudaro | N.G Majumdar | Sindh is located on the Indus River. |
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1935 | Amri | N.G Majumdar | On the banks of the Indus. |
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1953 | Kalibangan | Ghose | Rajasthan, beside the Ghaggar River. |
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1953 | Lothal | R.Rao | Gujarat on Bhogva river near Gulf of Cambay. |
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1964 | Surkotada
| J.P Joshi | Gujarat. |
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1974 | Banawali | R.S Bisht | Haryana’s Hisar district. |
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1985 | Dholavira. | R.S Bisht in | Gujara, Rann of Kachchh. |
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The Indus civilization, also known as the Indus valley civilization or Harappan civilization, was the Indian subcontinent’s first known urban culture and one of the world’s three early civilizations (the others being Mesopotamia and Egypt). Sophisticated settlements and development of trade and society are the key features of the Harappan Civilization.
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