Rakhigarhi

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Rakhigarhi is one of the largest and most significant archaeological sites of the Indus Valley Civilization, located in present-day Haryana, India.

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Rakhigarhi canonical 4
Rakhigarhi village 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indus Valley Civilization site
archaeological site
civilization Indus Valley Civilization
linked to: Indus Valley
comparableInSizeTo Harappa
Mohenjo-daro
country India
discoveredBy Suraj Bhan
discoveryYear 1963
estimatedArea more than 300 hectares
excavatedBy Archaeological Survey of India
Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute
linked to: Deccan College
excavationStartYear 1997
2013
hasEvidenceOf Harappan seals
linked to: Indus seals

agricultural activity
bead making
brick houses
burial practices
craft production
drainage system
faunal remains
inscribed objects
planned urban layout
pottery production
semi-precious stone working
shell working
terracotta figurines
hasPart mound RGR-1
mound RGR-2
mound RGR-3
linked to: mound RGR-2

mound RGR-4
mound RGR-5
linked to: mound RGR-2

mound RGR-6
mound RGR-7
mound RGR-8
heritageStatus protected monument
locatedIn Haryana
Hisar district
Narnaund tehsil
Rakhigarhi village
linked to: Rakhigarhi

northwestern India
nearbyRiver Ghaggar-Hakra paleo-channel
partOf Indus-Saraswati civilization
proposedFor UNESCO World Heritage List
rankAmongIVCSites one of the largest known Harappan sites
recognizedBy Archaeological Survey of India
stateGovernment Government of Haryana
timePeriod 3rd millennium BCE
Early Harappan period
Late Harappan period
Mature Harappan period

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Indus Valley containsSite Rakhigarhi
Indus seals foundIn Rakhigarhi
Indus script foundAtSite Rakhigarhi
Rakhigarhi locatedIn Rakhigarhi village
linked to: Rakhigarhi
Northwestern India hasHistoricalSite Rakhigarhi
subject linked to: northwestern India