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Wednesday 27 March 2013

Kalibangan: Recent Excavations

Kalibangan, situated on the left bank of the Ghaggar (anciently known as the Sarasvati) in Rajasthan is sensation of the considerably know Indus Valley settlements. The order was first discovered by A. Ghosh in 1950s and by and by excavated for nine field seasons (1960-1969) by the Archaeological Survey of India low the leadership of B B Lal & B K Thappar. 

It is a two period site, with a Sothi-Siswal or the antecedent/ premature Harappan and a mature Harappan occupation. The sothi siswal settlement was the name given to one of the 4 pre Harappan phases of development and these settlements were mainly concentrated in the nowadays extinct rivers of Saraswati and Drishadvati.

Period I. The Sothi-Siswal settlement or the pre Harappan settlement was well fortified. The first phase of the wall was made of mud bricks and set(p) to a thickness of approx 1.90m. A second phase of mental synthesis brought this thickness to approximately 3 4m, varying from place to place. The intimate and outer faces of the fortifications were plastered with mud. Only one entrance in the North West corner was excavated; other entrances were probably obscured by the later Harappans.

Direct evidence for cultivation was found in the form of a preserved ploughed field, about 100m to the in the south of the Period I settlement dating back to circa 2800 BC.

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It consisted of alternate grid pattern furrows and hummocks in the earth. Even today, similar locomote is used in the Rajasthani agricultural practice for two co-occurrent crops in this region, esp. of mustard and gram.

The most distinctive trait of the former(a) harappan period is however the pottery, first identified at Sothi. most(prenominal) of the pottery of the Harappan period was a continuation of earlier motifs of the Pre-Harappan period. The pre-Harappan pottery is comparatively thinner and not so well adust than the pottery found in the Mature stage where it was oft more sturdy. The colour of pottery is red or pinkish with black and white painted designs and motifs....If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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