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Indus Valley Artefacts

Harappa
by Daya Ram Sahini in 1921Situated on the bank of river Ravi in Montgomery district of Punjab (Pakistan).
  • Sandstone statues of Human anatomy
  • Male Torso
  • Granaries
  • Bullock carts
Mohenjodaro (Mound of Dead)
R.D Banerjee in 1922Situated on the Bank of river Indus in Larkana district of Punjab (Pakistan).
  • Great bath
  • Granary
  • Bronze dancing girl
  • bronze bull
  • mother goddess
  • Seal of Pasupathi Mahadeva
  • Steatite statue of beard man
  • A piece of woven cotton
Sutkagendor
Stein in 1929In southwestern Balochistan province, Pakistan on Dast river
  • A trade point between Harappa and Babylon
Chanhudaro
N.G Majumdar in 1931Sindh on the Indus river
  • Bead makers shop
  • Footprint of a dog chasing a cat
Amri
N.G Majumdar in 1935On the bank of Indus river
  • Antelope evidence
Kalibangan
Ghose in 1953Rajasthan on the bank of Ghaggar river
  • Fire altar
  • Camel bones
  • Wooden plough
Lothal
R.Rao in 1953Gujarat on Bhogva river near Gulf of Cambay
  • First manmade port
  • Dockyard
  • double burial
  • rice
  • Rice husk
  • Fire altars
  • Chess playing
Surkotada
J.P Joshi in 1964Gujarat
  • Bones of horses
  • Beads
Banawali
R.S Bisht in 1974Hisar district of Haryana
  • Beads
  • Barley
  • Evidence of both pre-Harappan and Harappan culture
Dholavira R.S Bisht in 1985Gujarat in Rann of Kachchh
  • Water harnessing system
  • Water reservoir

  • Rakhigarhi - biggest site in india
ROPAR

Punjab, on the banks of river Sutlej. Discovered by Y.D Sharma (1955)
Dog buried with humans.

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