Architecture & Engineering
Tidal dock engineering (Lothal)
c. 2400 BCEIndus Valley CivilisationLothal structureGujarat
2,400 BCE
A large brick basin interpreted by many as an engineered dockyard using tidal flow.
- Dated
- 2,400 BCE
- As scholars put it
- c. 2400 BCE
- Originator
- Indus Valley Civilisation
- Source text
- Lothal structure
- Region
- Gujarat
- Discipline
- Architecture & Engineering
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Verification
- Reference-cited
Meanwhile in the West
Sophisticated dock engineering is generally credited to later civilisations.
Fair to say
The 'dockyard' interpretation is accepted by many but disputed by some archaeologists (possibly a reservoir).
Path to modern innovation
Early port/hydraulic engineering.
2,400 BCETidal dock engineering (Lothal)Transmission
Indigenous hydraulic engineering.
References
- 1S. R. Rao's excavation reports
- 2later debate
Further reading
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