Dholavira is one of the biggest and most spectacular Indus Valley, or Harappan, sites in India. It is situated on an island (Khadir Bet) in the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.
The site was occupied from about 2900 BC for about a millennium, declining slowly after about 2100 BC. .At its height, Harappan civilization stretched from the borderlands of Baluchistan in the west to what is now New Delhi in the east. It was India's first major civilization and the world's third, after Mesopotamia and pharaonic Egypt. Discovered in 1956 the remains of the city are spread over some 50 hectares.
Posted by sunil_shanbag on 2005-11-26 08:37:33
Tagged: , India , Gujarat , Kutch , Dholavira , monument , archaeology , excavation , dig , ancient India , Indus Valley , Harappa , Mohenjo-daro , concursoruinas
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