HARAPPA CIVILIZATION

Indus Civilization Sites
India map with Indus Civilization sites
Site Location Excavator Year of Discovery Findings
Harappa Montgomery District, Punjab (Pakistan) Dayaram Sahni 1921 Large granary, R-37 cemetery, fragmented dancing figure, rectangular seal with a plant emerging from a woman's womb
Mohenjo-daro Right bank of the Indus River, Larkana District (Pakistan) Rakhaldas Banerji 1922 Great Bath, large granary, bronze statue of a dancer, seal depicting a yogi in lotus position with three faces
Lothal Bhogava River bank, Ahmedabad (Gujarat) S.R. Rao 1955 Dockyard, bead-making factory, ivory scale, three burial sites
Dholavira Rann of Kutch, Gujarat R.S. Bisht 1967-68 Advanced water management system, ten-symbol inscription, large reservoirs
Kalibangan Hanumangarh (Rajasthan) B.B. Lal, B.K. Thapar 1961 Mud-brick buildings, evidence of plowed fields, earthquake evidence, wells in almost every house
Rakhigarhi Ghaggar or Saraswati River bank, Hisar (Haryana) Suraj Bhan 1990-91 Largest Harappan site in India, advanced drainage system
Banawali Fatehabad, Haryana R.S. Bisht 1973-74 Replica of a plow made of baked clay
Ropar Satluj River bank, Punjab Y.D. Sharma 1953-56 Evidence of a man buried with a domesticated dog
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