Important Facts on Harappan Sites

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Important Facts on Harappan Sites-

• The Harappan civilization is considered to be the starting point of a long and varied story of Indian culture.  
• The Harappan civilization originated in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent against the Chalcolithic background. 
• We also know the Indus Valley Civilization as the name of a Bronze Age civilization. 
• It is also known as the Harappan culture, as this civilization was first detected in 1921 from the Harappan site located in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
• The Harappan culture included not only parts of Punjab, Sindh, and Baluchistan but also the frontier parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh. 
• The spread of this Indus civilization is from Jammu in the north to the Narmada river in the south. Its spread extended from Alamgirpur in the east to Sutkagendor in the west.
• The expansion of the entire Indus civilization was about 12,99,600 square kilometres.
• The sites of the Harappan civilization are divided into the following phases-
• The first phase is known as the Pre-Harappan period, Mehrgarh, Kiligulmuhammad, and Ranaghundai were prominent among the sites of this phase.
• The second phase is known as the Early Harappan period, the sites of this phase were Amri, Kotdiji, Ganeshwar, Kalibanga, etc.
• The third phase is known as the Mature Harappan period. Harappa, Mohenjodaro, and Lothal were prominent among the sites of this phase.
  

Site	State	Country
Mundigak	Kandahar Province	Afghanistan
Shortugai	Darqad District	Afghanistan
Sokhta Koh	Balochistan	Pakistan
Sutkagendor	Balochistan	Pakistan
Dabarkot	Balochistan	Pakistan
Balakot	Balochistan	Pakistan
Mehrgarh	Balochistan	Pakistan
Rana Ghundai	Balochistan	Pakistan
Kulli	Balochistan	Pakistan
Quetta Ghati	Balochistan	Pakistan
Mohenjo-Daro	Sindh Province	Pakistan
Chanhudaro	Sindh Province	Pakistan
Kot Diji	Sindh Province	Pakistan
Amri	Sindh Province	Pakistan
Judeir-jo-daro	Sindh Province	Pakistan
Ali Murad	Sindh Province	Pakistan
Harappa	Punjab Province	Pakistan
Dera Ismail Khan	Punjab Province	Pakistan
Rehman Dheri	Punjab Province	Pakistan
Jalilpur	Punjab Province	Pakistan
Gumla	Punjab Province	Pakistan
Chak Purana	Punjab Province	Pakistan
Manda	Jammu Province	India
Ropar	Punjab	India
Kotla Nihang Khan	Punjab	India
Sanghol	Punjab	India
Chak 86 Bara	Punjab	India
Banawali	Haryana	India
Rakhigarhi	Haryana	India
Mitathal	Haryana	India
Siswal	Haryana	India
Kalibangan	Rajasthan	India
Alamgirpur	Uttar Pradesh	India
Hulas	Uttar Pradesh	India
Bada Gaon	Uttar Pradesh	India
Desalpur	Gujarat ( Gulf of Kutch )	India
Surkotada	Gujarat ( Gulf of Kutch )	India
Dholavira	Gujarat ( Gulf of Kutch )	India
Lothal	Gujarat ( Gulf of Khambhat )	India
Rangpur	Gujarat ( Gulf of Khambhat )	India
Rojdi	Gujarat ( Gulf of Khambhat )	India
Prabhas Patan	Gujarat ( Gulf of Khambhat )	India
Bhagatrav	Gujarat ( Gulf of Khambhat)	India
Nageshwar	Gujarat ( Gulf of Khambhat)	India
Kuntasi	Gujarat ( Gulf of Khambhat)	India
Shikarpur	Gujarat ( Gulf of Khambhat)	India
Megham	Gujarat ( Gulf of Khambhat)	India