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Harappan Township found

 

Clinching evidence of a township of the 5,000-year-old Indus Valley

Civilisation (Harappan Era) has been found during excavations near

Bhirdana village in Fatehabad district of Haryana . The excavations

are being carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

 

 

 

The excavations began on December 14 and are likely to continue till

May. These may resume after the monsoon, if required. The ASI had

earlier discovered the presence of same townships of the Indus Valley

Civilisation at two other places, Kunal and Banawali, in the

district. The evidences found at Bhirdana include many structures

made of mud bricks, peculiar of the Harappan era; a well, a

fortification wall, pottery and other antiquities.

 

Mr L.S. Rao, Superintending Archaeologist of the ASI, who is leading

the team of excavators here, informed that the team, comprising a

Deputy Superintending Archaeologist, three Assistant Archaeologists

and other officials like photographers, draftsmen, artists, and

surveyors, was working on the excavation site spread across 62,500

square metres and situated on a mound.

 

 

 

Fifteen students of Institute of Archaeology, New Delhi, have also

been assisting the team. The excavations, being carried out under

the `Saraswati Heritage Project' of the Union Government, were part

of a series of such excavations being made to unearth the old

civilisations on the bank of the ancient Saraswati river. The

Department of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Haryana, had

protected the area of the present excavations, Mr Rao said.

 

He said the area where the excavations were being carried out was the

bank of the Saraswati. The whole riverbed had been converted in to

agricultural lands with the passage of time, he added. He said the

ASI based its findings on the antiquities collected during the

excavations on the surface of the mound. Pottery, among the

antiquities, is the main criteria for ascertaining the civilisation.

 

 

 

The team has collected truckloads of pottery during the excavations.

Besides, these some semi-precious stones have also been found.

Structures made of Sun-dried bricks, a peculiar feature of the Indus

Valley Civilisation, have been found.

 

The excavators have also discovered a 2.4-metre-wide wall considered

to be the fortification wall of the township on the excavation site.

Ms Ankum, from Nagaland, a student of the Institute of Archaeology,

who was manning the fortification area, said a clinching evidence of

the township was that the earth outside the wall comprised of virgin

soil while the one inside the fortification wall had all the evidence

of structures.

 

Mr Prabhash Sahu, Assistant Superintending Archaeologist, told that

it was a horizontal excavation and the whole mound had been divided

into four parts for convenience. Mr Rao said the residents of the

area were cooperative and were showing keen interest in the

excavations.

 

THE TRIBUNE

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