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The Archaeological Survey of India has discovered skeletal remains, drainage systems and settlements dating back to the 4,000-year-old Harappan Civilisation at Rakhigarhi located in Haryana.

Hailing Rakhaldas Banerji's contributions, in a post on X, ASI stated, "A multifaceted scholar, Shri Banerji is credited with excavating the Harappan site of Mohenjodaro. He first excavated the ...

called the Indus Valley’s burial customs “distinctly un-Aryan”, showing a “deep-rooted difference in racial and cultural origins”. He concluded that the Mohenjo-daro and Harappa cultures ...

He said both Harappan cities and Keeladi had burial sites outside of the habitation area. “In Harappan cities, the habitation mound and burial sites were clearly separated. The burial sites were ...

But in 2500 BC Harappa, who cast in bronze a servant girl ... certainly from an affluent background, as 40 burial urns were found beside her,” said archaeologist Vasant Shinde, lead author of the 2019 ...

The five sites were the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Dholavira, Ahom monuments in Sivasagar, the multi-cultural of Hastinapur, Rakhigarhi, one of the largest Harappan cities, and Adichanallur a ...

PREMIUM Lothal, the Harappan site in Gujarat. (Shutterstock) The presence of Harappan town planning at Lothal such as houses, bathing platforms streets, fortification walls, a cemetery and large ...