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TopicHarappan Civilisation

Topic: Harappan Civilisation

Painted Grey Ware from Bareilly holds the key to the question: Did India have a ‘dark age’?

Disha Ahluwalia -
Discovered at Ahichchhatra in 1944, the grey pottery continues to drive up excavation efforts in Delhi's Purana Qila. Why are archaeologists obsessed with it?

Hunter-gatherers of Gujarat shared timeline with Harappans. History isn’t linear

Disha Ahluwalia -
Langhnaj is a unique pre-historic site in north Gujarat where hunter-gatherers of Mesolithic period seem to have shared space and timeline with early food producers.

How the 2008 Alamgirpur re-excavation challenged timeline of mighty Harappan Civilisation

Disha Ahluwalia -
New dates from the site, ranging from 2600 to 2200 BCE, questioned the established timeline of Harappan presence in the Ganga-Yamuna Doab.

If Ghaggar was Saraswati, then Harappans were Rig Vedic people. Answer is in migrant memories

Rajesh Kochhar -
In 'The Indians', Rajesh Kochhar explores the history of Ghaggar, the lifeline of the Harappans.

Did you know that India has a 7200-year-old history with cotton? Harappans took it to the world

Disha Ahluwalia -
A paper published in Israel in 2022 from the Tel Tsaf site shows cotton fibres originated in the Indian subcontinent around 5200 BCE.

Why classifying societies on the basis of ceramics isn’t the best approach to know histories

Disha Ahluwalia -
The cultural traits of Harappa society make it a civilisation, not the other way around.

What came after Harappan Civilisation? This small Haryana village has answers

Disha Ahluwalia -
Before the excavation at Bhagwanpura, the association of Harappans with people who used Painted Grey Ware was not known.

Gujarat’s Khambhat has 5,000-yr-old history of bead-making. It wasn’t just limited to Viking Age

Disha Ahluwalia -
Even after the city lost its identity as a port town in the 17th century, Khambhat remained one of the largest bead manufacturers in the world.

What’s the oldest culture in Rajasthan? ASI wants to go back 5,000 years for the answer

Krishan Murari -
It’s the first time that ASI has authorised excavations in Benwa village in Sikar.

Why are we digging Rakhigarhi a 9th time? This Harappan site is a gift that keeps giving

Disha Ahluwalia -
The current excavation season aims to unearth the many land-use patterns within the limits of the seven mounds at Rakhigarhi and beyond.
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