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Site
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Archaeological Finds
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Harappa
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6 Granaries in row, Working floors, Workmen’s quarters, Virgin- Goddess (seal), Cemetery
(R-37,H), Stone symbols of Lingam (male sex organ ) and Yoni ( female sex
organ ), Painted Pottery, Clay figures
of Mother Goddess, Wheat and Barley in wooden mortar , Copper scale, Crucible
for bronze, Copper – made mirror, Vanity box , Dice.
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Mohenjodaro
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Great Granary, Great Both (the largest building of
civilization), Assembly hall, Shell Strips, Pashupati Mahadeva/ Proto-Shiva
(seal ), Bronze Image of a nude women dancer, Steatite image of bearded man,
Human skeletons huddled together,
Painted seal (Demi- God), Clay figures of Mother Goddess ,A fragment
of woven cotton , Brick Kilns , 2 Mesopotamian seals, 1398 seals (56%of total
seals of civilization), Duce.
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Chanhudaro
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City without a citadel, Inkpot, Lipstick; Metal –
workers’, shell –ornament makers’ and bead – makers’ shops;
Imprint of dog’s paw on a brick, Terracotta
model of a bullock cart, Bronze toy cart.
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Lothal
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Dockyard, Rice husk; Metal –workers’, shell- ornament makers’ and bead –makers’
shopes; Fire altars, Terracotta figurine of a horse, Double burial ( burying
a male and a female in a single
graver), Terracotta model of a
ship, Dying vat , Persian/ Iranian seal,
Baharainean seal, Painted jar
(bird and fox)
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Kalibanga
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Ploughed field surface (Pre-Harappan), 7 Fire
altars, Decorated bricks , Wheels of a
toy cart, Mesopotamian cylindrical
seal
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Banawali
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Lack of chess- board or gridiron pattern town
planning , Lack of systematic drainage system, Toy plough, Clay figures of
Mother Goddess.
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Dholavira
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A unique
water harnessing system and its storm water drainage system , a large well
and a bath (giant water reservoirs), Only site to be divided into 3 ARTS,
Largest Harappan inscription used for
civic purposes, A stadium.
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Surkotada
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Bones of horse , Oval grave , pot burials.
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Daimabad
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Bronze images
(Charioteer with chariot, ox, elephant and rhinoceros)
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Mohenjodaro – the largest site of Indus
Civilization, Rakhigarhi_ The largest Indian site of Indus Civilization.
Common
Features
of Major Cities: 1. Systematic town- planning on the lines of ‘grid system’ 2. Use of burnt bricks in
constructions 3. Underground drainage system (giant water
reservoirs in Dholavira) 4. Fortified
citadel (exception- Chanhudaro).
Surkotada
( Kutchh district, Gujarat) : the only Indus site where the remains of a
horse have actually been found .