Archaeology & Prehistory
Rakhigarhi: largest Harappan city
c. 2600-1900 BCEIndus Valley CivilisationRakhigarhi (Haryana)Haryana
2,600 BCE
One of the largest Indus cities, with residential and industrial zones and a cemetery.
- Dated
- 2,600–1,900 BCE
- As scholars put it
- c. 2600-1900 BCE
- Originator
- Indus Valley Civilisation
- Source text
- Rakhigarhi (Haryana)
- Region
- Haryana
- Discipline
- Archaeology & Prehistory
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Comparable in scale to the great Bronze-Age cities.
Fair to say
Area estimates (350-550 ha) vary between surveys.
Path to modern innovation
A key site for understanding Indus urbanism.
Transmission
Ongoing excavations continue to reveal its scale.
References
- 1ASI
- 2Deccan College excavations
Further reading
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