5,000-year Harappan stepwell found in Kutch, bigger than Mohenjo Daro's

[Pride]

If anything, it's hilarious. Watching butt-burned members responding to obvious bait.

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It has sometime its own fun. Why ruin that, Enjoy?

 

[halupridol]

gentlemen,,, plz quit the sh#t shovelling,,,,thats why i tagged only 3 members....

edited and this time enough said bro

bhai,,,delete kar yaar

 

[Levina]

Our ancestors would be proud, that we have chosen the great Islamic faith, that is the right and just successor to the IVC.

???

The issue with you is that you want to take credit for something which is not even remotely close to the islamic civilisation.

On topic:

"We also suspect a huge lake and an ancient shoreline are buried in the archaeological site that's one of the five largest Harappan sites and the most prominent archaeological site in India belonging to the Indus Valley civilization," he added.

How are they planning to go about it??remote sensing??
I heard our government is lso working on locating the river saraswati.All this looks so inspired by "immortals of meluha".

gentlemen,,, plz quit the sh#t shovelling,,,,thats why i tagged only 3 members....

Just realised that the rest of us are uninvited guests

 

[RKO]

haso mat!!! Pakistani civilization is so old that they even forgot how old it is!!!!

 

[halupridol]

Just realised that the rest of are uninvited guests

those 3 r interested in such topics,,, others just troll
except u

 

[Dem!god]

Nothing to do with Mohenjadaro and Harrapa - both part of Pakistani Ancient Civilization.

ya its nothing to do with mohenjadaro and harappa...

kabhi koi ancient history ki kitab khol kar dekh liya karo...

 

[Levina]

those 3 r interested in such topics,,, others just troll
except u,offcourse

Whoa!!
I think any Indian would be interested in knowing more about the harappan culture.
But a flame bait was posted by a Pakistani member.
The chutzpah shown by him demands that we troll him back. (I hope you 've watched Haider already otherwise you wont understand what I said just now )

 

[Bang Galore]

And either way, both Harrappa and And Mohenjodaro civilization predates Islam by centuries,........

It's all called Harappan civilisation now after the accepted principle of naming it after the first find. Calling it IVC became a problem after many more sites were discovered on the banks of the Ghaggar than have been found in Pakistan. It's why you will always find references to Harappan civilsation regardless of whether they are found in India.

 

[Soulspeek]

Till recent times Pakistan never thought beyond Bin Qasim. Now all of a sudden, Pakistan realized that its people are suffering from identity crisis. Arabis were not owning them, Indians they didnt wanna become.

We have no issues with Pakistan claiming Indus Valley Civilization but the hard truth is that they cant claim exclusivity to it. The worst thing among followers of Islam is that they totally reject their past. We Indians are proud of our past and never alienate from it. That is why world over Indian and Chinese Civilizations are considered oldest continuing civilizations. No one gives a crap on "Pakistani Civilization".

 

[Skull and Bones]

It's all called Harappan civilisation now after the accepted principle of naming it after the first find. Calling it IVC became a problem after many more sites were discovered on the banks of the Ghaggar than have been found in Pakistan. It's why you will always find references to Harappan civilsation regardless of whether they are found in India.

We don't even know if Harappa is the largest or more prominent of all the settlement, it is just that we found it in good shape because of less weathering coz' of desertification of the environment.

 

[Bang Galore]

We don't even know if Harappa is the largest or more prominent of all the settlement, it is just that we found it in good shape because of less weathering coz' of desertification of the environment.

True but the nomenclature follows the first find, not the biggest.

 

[Skull and Bones]

True but the nomenclature follows the first find, not the biggest.

I understood that, i just pointed out my view.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

It would be nice if once in while we find a 200 Tons of Gold bars in these areas

 

[Brickwall]

AHMEDABAD: A 5,000-year-old stepwell has been found in one of the largest Harappan cities, Dholavira, in Kutch, which is three times bigger than the Great Bath at Mohenjo Daro.

Located in the eastern reservoir of Dholavira by experts from the Archaeological Survey of India working with IIT-Gandhinagar, the site represents the largest, grandest, and the best furnished ancient reservoir discovered so far in the country.

It's rectangular and 73.4m long, 29.3m wide, and 10m deep. Another site, the ornate Rani ki Vav in Patan, called the queen of stepwells, is already on Unesco list.

"This is almost three times bigger than the Great Bath of Mohenjo Daro that's 12m in length, 7m in width, and 2.4m in depth," said V N Prabhakar, visiting faculty at IIT and superintending archaeologist, ASI.

"We will conduct spot analysis in December as various surveys have indicated other reservoirs and stepwells may be buried in Dholavira," Prabhakar told TOI.

"We also suspect a huge lake and an ancient shoreline are buried in the archaeological site that's one of the five largest Harappan sites and the most prominent archaeological site in India belonging to the Indus Valley civilization," he added.

Experts will investigate the advanced hydraulic engineering used by Harappans for building the stepwell through 3D laser scanner, remote sensing technology and ground-penetrating radar system.


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"We will study how water flowed into the well and what was the idea behind water conservation," said Prabhakar. The IIT Gandhinagar team and ASI officials will also excavate various tanks, stoneware, finely furnished brick blocks, sanitation chambers and semi-precious stones hidden at the site.

Precious stones like carnelian were in great demand during the Harappan era. Gujarat was the hub of bead and craft manufacturing industries. "Agate carnelian beads were also coveted," Prabhakar said.

Siddharth Rai and V Vinod of IIT-Gn are working on characterization of internal structures of various forms of pottery unearthed from the site to identify the diet followed by Harappans. "Through pottery typology, we'll find out whether different communities lived in Dholavira," Rai said. The team will also analyze precious copper and bronze artefacts.
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@INDIC @save_ghenda @Samandri

Any chance this find help in deciphering the writing of this era. If I am not mistaken its still to be cracked

 

[Aarush]

the great indian civilization..which is still continuing....