Indus Valley Civilization Sites

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1. HarappaPakistanOn the Ravi in Pakistani Punjab; the first site excavated, by Daya Ram Sahni in 1921.
2. Mohenjo-DaroPakistanIn Sindh on the Indus; excavated by R. D. Banerji in 1922; the largest mature-Harappan city.
3. ChanhudaroPakistanIn Sindh; a craft-production town of bead-makers and seal-cutters, without a citadel.
4. Kot DijiPakistanIn Sindh; a pre-Harappan fortified town that grew straight into a mature Harappan city.
5. AmriPakistanIn the Kirthar-Kohistan region of Sindh; type site of the pre-Harappan Amri culture (4th millennium BC).
6. GanweriwalaPakistanIn Cholistan on the Ghaggar-Hakra; one of the largest Harappan cities, still barely excavated.
7. Rehman DheriPakistanOn the Gomal plain; among the earliest planned towns of the subcontinent, pre-Harappan in date.
8. KalibanganRajasthanOn the Ghaggar in Hanumangarh; pre-Harappan and mature phases; a ploughed field with furrow marks.
9. RakhigarhiHaryanaIn Hisar; the largest Harappan site in India, showing all three phases from early to mature.
10. BanawaliHaryanaIn Fatehabad; pre-Harappan and mature phases; yielded a terracotta replica of a plough.
11. RoparPunjabOn the Sutlej at Rupnagar; the first Harappan site excavated after Independence, by Y. D. Sharma in 1953.
12. DholaviraGujaratIn the Rann of Kutch; a city in three parts with dams and reservoirs for harvesting rain.
13. LothalGujaratNear Ahmedabad on the Bhogava; the famous dockyard, linked to the river by a channel.
14. SurkotadaGujaratIn Kutch; reported bones identified as horse, a debated claim; excavated by J. P. Joshi in 1972.
15. RangpurGujaratIn Surendranagar; a late Harappan site cited for early rice cultivation in Gujarat (rice husk finds).
16. AlamgirpurUttar PradeshIn Meerut; the easternmost Harappan site (the four limits: Manda north, Daimabad south, Sutkagan Dor west).
17. SanauliUttar PradeshIn Baghpat; late Harappan burials with coffins sheathed in copper and chariots, about 2000-1800 BC.
18. HulasUttar PradeshIn Saharanpur; a late Harappan site of western Uttar Pradesh.
19. MandaJammu & KashmirNear Akhnoor on the Chenab; the northernmost Harappan site within India.
20. DaimabadMaharashtraThe southernmost site with Harappan contact; its bronze hoard holds a chariot, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo.
21. DesalpurGujaratDesalpar-Gunthli in Kutch; a mature Harappan town of the Kutch cluster.