Indus valley civilisation founders

Excavator( Excavational
Name of sites Year(s) Region/River (s)
s) Findings
Rows of six
granaries, stone
lingam and yoni
figurines, virgin
Montgomery district of
goddess seal,
Daya Ram Punjab(Pakistan) on the
(i)Harappa 1921 wheat and barley
Sahani left bank of the river
in wooden mortar,
RAVI.
nude dancing
male and female
made of stone,
dancing Nataraja.
Pashupati seal,
bronze image of a
dancing girl, three
cylindrical seals,
Larkana district in mother goddess
Rakhal Das
(ii)MohenjoDaro 1922 Sindh(Pakistan) on the figurines, seated
Banerjee
right bank of Indus male sculpture of
the priest king,
The great granary
and The great
bath.
Shops of bead
makers, shell
ornaments
M Gopal
Situated in Sindh, on the makers, bangle
(iii)Chanhudaro Majumdar, 1931
bank of the Indus river factory, ink pot,
Mackey
footprint of dog
chasing a cat. NO
CITADEL.
Seven fire altars, a
ploughed field,
houses with their
Situated in Rajasthan,
Amlanand own wells, black
(iv)Kalibangan 1953-60 on the left bank of the
Ghosh bangles, Cupper
river Ghaggar
Ox, evidence of
earthquake,
Camel’s bone

Rangnath Situated on the left bank “Rice” was

(v)Rangpur 1953-54
Rao of Mahi river(Gujarat) cultivated

Situated in Punjab on Evidence of

(vi)Roper YD sharma 1953-54 the banks of the river buying a dog with
Sutlej a human burial

Situated in Kutchh(Bhuj) 1st actual remains

(vii)Surkotada JP Joshi 1954
(Gujarat) of horse bones

(viii)Lothal Rangnath 1957 Situated in Gujarat on Dockyard, ivory

Rao the confluence of the weight balance, 1st
Sabarmati and man-made port,
Bhargava rivers near the Cupper dog,
Golf of Cambay Chess playing, a

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 Excavator( Excavational
Name of sites Year(s) Region/River (s)
s) Findings
ship designed on
seal, A Terracotta
ship and horse
The only other site
with remains of
Rice husk being
Rangpur.
Oval shaped
settlements,
Terracotta model
of plough, good
Situated on the left bank quality and largest
(ix)Banawali RS Bisht 1973
of the river Saraswati quantity of barley
grain,
The only city with
Radial streets
Giant water
reservoir, dams
and
embankments,
BB Lal 1959 Situated in Gujarat in
(x)Dholavira 10 alphabet sign
RS Bisht 1990-91 the Rann of Kutchh.
board,
The only site to be
divided into three
parts