Dholavira is an archaeological site at Khadirbet in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch District, in the state of Gujarat in western India. The 47 ha quadrangular city lay between two seasonal streams, the Mansar in the north and Manhar in the south. It is one of the five largest Harappan sites and most prominent archaeological sites in India belonging to the Indus Valley Civilization.
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Dholavira is an archaeological site at Khadirbet in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch District, in the state of Gujarat in western India. The 47 ha quadrangular city lay between two seasonal streams, the Mansar in the north and Manhar in the south. It is one of the five largest Harappan sites and most prominent archaeological sites in India belonging to the Indus Valley Civilization. The site was discovered in 1967-68 by J. P. Joshi, of the Archaeological Survey of India. It has been under excavation since 1990 by the ASI, which opined that ‘D holavira has indeed added new dimensions to personality of Indu Valley Civilisation’ The city was constructed to a pre-existing geometrical plan consisting of three divisions – the citadel, the middle town, and the lower town. The city within the general fortifications accounts for 48 ha. There are extensive structure-bearing areas which are outside yet integral to the fortified settlement.
Beyond the walls, another settlement has been found. The most striking feature of the city is that all of its buildings, at least in their present state of preservation, are almost exclusively built of stone. Dholaviran city is flanked by two storm water channels; D-aro, Mohenjo-daro, Ganeriwala, Rakhigarhi, Kalibangan, Rupnagar and Lothal. It was an important centre of trade between settlements in south Gujarat, Sindh and Punjab and Western Asia. Estimated to be older than the port-city of Lothal, the city has a rectangular shape and organization, and is spread over 22ha. The area measures 771. 1 m in length, and 616. 85 m in width. In the area above the high ground, there is a high area called the ‘Citadel’, called the earliest conservation system of water reservoirs, developed for conservation, harvesting and conservation of water. The area is almost entirely built of brick, flanked by almost brick.
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