Major Harappan sites and their excavators and findings.
|
Name Of Sites |
Excavator |
Region/River |
Excavational Findings |
|
Harappa |
Dayaram Sahni in 1921 |
Montgomery District of Punjab (Pakistan) On the Left Bank of the River Ravi |
o Rows of six granaries o A Red Sand stone necked male, dancing Nataraja and virgin goddess seal |
|
Mohenjo-Daro |
RD Banerjee in 1922 |
Larkana district of Sindh on the bank of river Indus (Pakistan) |
o Pashupati seal, bronze image of dancing girl o The great granary and the Great Bath |
|
Chanhudharo |
M Gopal Majumdar, Mackey in 1931 |
Situated in Sindh on the Bank of the Indus River |
o Huge number of copper implements o Specialized drills for the bed making |
|
Kalibangan |
A Ghosh in 1953 |
Situated in Rajasthan on the Left Bank of the river Ghaghara |
o A Ploughed field with two sets of furrows at right angle, fire altar, wheels of toy carts, a terracotta ship |
|
Rangpur |
MS Vats, BB Lal and SR Rao in 1931 |
Situated on the Left Bank of Mahi River (Gujarat) |
o Rice was cultivated |
|
Ropar |
YD Sharma in 1953 |
Situated in Punjab on the banks of rivers Sutlej |
o Buildings made of stone and soil o Evidence of burying a dog with human burial |
|
Lothal |
SR Rao in 1957 |
Situated in Gujarat on the confluence of the Sabarmati and Bhargava River near the Gulf of Cambay |
o Teleporter model of Egyptian mummies sacrificial fire altar o Remains of rice husk a terracotta figurine dock |
|
Dholavira |
JP Joshi in 1967 |
Situated in Gujarat in the Rann of Kutch |
o Giant’s reservoirs o Megalithic burials |
|
Banawali |
RS Bist in 1974-77 |
Situated on the Left Bank of the River Saraswati |
o Terracotta model of the plough o Good quality of barley o Clay figurines of mother Goddess |
