Kalibangan
Kalibangan is a town located on the left or southern banks of the Ghaggar (Ghaggar-Hakra River) in Tehsil Pilibangān, between Suratgarh and Hanumangarh in Hanumangarh District, Rajasthan, India 205 km from Bikaner. It is also identified as being established in the triangle of land at the confluence of Drishadvati and Sarasvati Rivers. The prehistoric and pre-Mauryan character of the Indus Valley Civilization was first identified at this site by Luigi Tessitori. Kalibangan's excavation report was published in its entirety in 2003 by the Archaeological Survey of India, 34years after the com
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Kalibangan
- Ancient site.image
- Westernmound.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- The western mound of Kalibangan, known as the Citadel
- Ancient site.map_type
- India Rajasthan#India
- Ancient site.location
- Rajasthan, India
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.epochs
- Harappan 1 to Harappan 3C
- Ancient site.cultures
- Indus Valley civilization
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Article
21 sectionsContents
- Indus Valley Civilization
- Early Harappan Phase
- Fort and houses
- Earliest ploughed field
- 'Six fabrics of Kalibangan' pottery
- Other finds
- Earliest earthquakes and end of Phase-I
- Harappan Phase
- Fire altars
- Lower town
- Housing
- Terracota
- Seals
- Other finds
- Burial systems
- End of civilization
- Modern Kalibangan
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
Kalibangan is a town located on the left or southern banks of the Ghaggar (Ghaggar-Hakra River) in Tehsil Pilibangān, between Suratgarh and Hanumangarh in Hanumangarh District, Rajasthan, India 205 km from Bikaner. It is also identified as being established in the triangle of land at the confluence of Drishadvati and Sarasvati Rivers. The prehistoric and pre-Mauryan character of the Indus Valley Civilization was first identified at this site by Luigi Tessitori. Kalibangan's excavation report was published in its entirety in 2003 by the Archaeological Survey of India, 34years after the completion of excavations. The report concluded that Kalibangan was a major provincial capital of the Indus Valley Civilization. Kalibangan is distinguished by its unique fire altars and "world's earliest attested ploughed field". It is around 2900 BC that the region of Kalibangan developed into what can be considered a planned city.
Kalibangan was first excavated under the Directorship of Braj Lal (ASI) between 1960-1961 to 1969-1970. Other excavation team members were Bal Thapar, M.D. Khare, K.M. Shrivastava, J.P. Joshi. and S.P. Jain. == Indus Valley Civilization ==