Archaeology & Prehistory
Vadnagar: continuous settlement since c. 800 BCE
c. 800 BCE to presentEarly historic to modern inhabitantsVadnagar (Gujarat)Gujarat
800 BCE
A 20 m-deep excavation showing seven cultural phases within one fortification, from c. 800 BCE to today, including an early Buddhist monastery.
- Dated
- 800 BCE
- As scholars put it
- c. 800 BCE to present
- Originator
- Early historic to modern inhabitants
- Source text
- Vadnagar (Gujarat)
- Region
- Gujarat
- Discipline
- Archaeology & Prehistory
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Verification
- Verified-web
Fair to say
The 800 BCE date is published; the suggested 1400 BCE start rests on unpublished dates.
Path to modern innovation
Challenges the idea of a post-Harappan 'Dark Age' gap.
Transmission
Multi-institution study (IIT Kharagpur, ASI, PRL, JNU, Deccan College), Quaternary Science Reviews (2024).
References
- 1Sarkar et al., Quaternary Science Reviews (2024)
Further reading
Corrections and additional sources: edit IND-217 on GitHub.