Indus Valley Civilization: Rakhigarhi

INDUS VALLEY
CIVILIZATION
RAKHIGARHI
INDUS VALLEY CIVILISATION

The Indus Valley Civilisation also known as the Harappan civilisation was
a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia,
lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300. This Civilisation is named after the Indus
river system in whose alluvial plains the early sites of the civilisation
were identified and excavated. Together with ancient Egypt and
Mesopotamia, it was one of three early civilisations of the Near East and
South Asia, and of the three, the most widespread, its sites spanning an
area stretching from today's northeast Afghanistan, through much of
Pakistan, and into western and northwestern India. It flourished in the
basins of the Indus River, which flows through the length of Pakistan.
This Civilisation is also known as the Harappan Civilisation, after
its type site, Harappa, the first of its sites to be excavated early in
the 20th century in what was then the Punjab province of British
India and is now in Pakistan. The discovery of Harappa and soon
afterwards Mohenjo-daro was the culmination of work beginning
in 1861 with the founding of the Archaeological Survey of India
during the British Raj. There were however earlier and later
cultures often called Early Harappan and Late Harappan in the
same area; for this reason, the Harappan civilisation is sometimes
called the Mature Harappan to distinguish it from these other
cultures.
"WHAT GIZA IS TO EGYPT, AND
ATHENS IS TO GREECE, HARYANA
SHOULD BE TO INDIA."
.
Rakhi Garhi site with 550 hectare area is the largest IVC site in
the world, which is about double the size than that of next
largest site Mohenjo Daro .
NASA and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
undertook the joint study of artifacts found at Rakhi Garhi
during 2011-16 excavations, estimated to be 6,000 years old,
older than 3,500 years old Harappan civilization.
Rakhigarhi is a village in Hisar District in the state of
Haryana in India, situated 150 kilometers to the
northwest of Delhi. It is the site of a pre-Indus Valley
Civilization village settlement going back to about 6500
BCE. Later, it was also part of the mature Indus Valley
Civilization, dating to 2600-1900 BCE. The site is located
in the Ghaggar-Hakra River
plain, some 27 km from the
seasonal Ghaggar river.
Rakhigarhi encompasses a set of 11 mounds with a
confirmed size in excess of 350 hectares, according to
the Global Heritage Fund Rakhigarhi is the largest and
oldest Indus sites in the world.

The size and uniqueness of Rakhigarhi has drawn much

attention of archaeologists all over the world. It is
nearer to Delhi than other major sites, indicating the
spread of the Indus Valley Civilization east across North
India. Only 5% of the site had been excavated, much of
the area is yet to be excavated and published.
Another related excavation sites in the area are Mitathal
and the smaller site Lohari Ragho, which are still
awaiting excavation.
ESTABLISHMENT OF MUSEUM
The open-air museum site also has an extant village with 10,000
inhabitants, where the construction of a 6 acres indoor museum,
interpretation center, research center and a hostel for the
researchers is also underway.The site has four blocks of buildings, a
Museum, Hostel for researchers , Rest house for visitors and
Cafeteria. The project saw some delay when the design of the
museum was changed and a court case affecting the Museum block,
though the design and the progress of construction of three
remaining blocks remains unaffected. Govt has given INR 24 million
funds, of which INR 14 million tender is for the museum site to be
completed within 21 months from the contract award date
RAKHIGARHI MORE IMPORTANT
THAN MOHENJO DARO

Archaeological findings and scientific data have indicated

that Rakhigarhi had been the more important center of the
Indus Valley Civilisation than the townships of Harappa and
Mohenjo Daro located in Pakistan.
The team of archaeologists revealed that the excavation at
this site is all set to change the view that Mohenjo Daro was
the capital city of the Indus Valley Civilisation.

“Instead, the scientific data collected on the basis

excavations here have strongly pointed that Rakhigarhi, a
metropolis, was perhaps the capital of its times about
5,000 years ago. Massive manufacturing and trade
activities were carried out in this town, which revealed
economic growth and foreign links of people here.They had
trade links with people in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Baluchistan
and even Afghanistan. The city flourished during the early
Harappan era dating back to around 3,300 BC and existed
till 2000 BC
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The size and uniqueness of Rakhigarhi has drawn much

Archaeological findings and scientific data have indicated

“Instead, the scientific data collected on the basis

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