In pics: Archaeological Survey Of India unearths ancient Harappan city in Rakhigarhi, Haryana

[Andhadhun]

In pics: Archaeological Survey Of India unearths ancient Harappan city in Rakhigarhi, Haryana​

Researchers studied the remains of Harappan culture and found evidence of town planning, such as streets and multi-story houses, during excavations.

Haryana`s Rakhigarhi is famous across the world for the Harrapan civilisation. And now, the Archaeological Survey Of India (ASI) is conducting new excavations in and around the 7,000-years-old planned Harappan city in Rakhigarhi which will be completed by the end of May, stated in an IANS report.

The excavation and study at Rakhigarhi have so far revealed that this place once housed a planned city made with better engineering. Here are some pictures from the digging site

1. ASI at Harrapan site in Rakhigarhi, Haryana

There are two modern villages in Rakhigarhi, Rakhi-Shahpur and Rakhigarhi-Khash, which are large archaeological sites of the Harappan civilization.

2. A planned city that was built with better technology

Currently, the excavations and studies conducted at Rakhigarhi have revealed that this place once housed a planned city that was built with technology that was better than today's engineering.

3. 5,000-years-old jewellery factory

There is also evidence of a 5,000-years-old jewellery factory, which indicates that trading was also done from the city.

4. Multi-storey houses

In the excavations, the officials found evidence of Harappan town planning, including streets, pucca walls, and multi-storey houses, according to IANS.

5. Human remains

Two women's skeletons were found during excavation, along with utensils used by the deceased, stated in IANS report.

6. To be developed as one of the five best iconic places

As per the announcement made by the Central government in the Union Budget 2020-21, this place will be developed as one of the five best iconic places for which excavation started on February 24, 2022.

7. Ancient iteams discovered

Several items from the site of the Harappan civilisation, located in Rakhigarhi, Haryana, have been discovered by the Archaeological Survey of India. ​

 

[El Sidd]

Interesting burial position. The concept of afterlife existed in all ancient cultures and is constant from the Nile valley civilisation to Indus all the way to the Yellow river.

 

[-blitzkrieg-]

Haryana`s Rakhigarhi is famous across the world

only famous among indians... its flaunted as bigger than it what really is.
take a drone shot of the excavated "city" and compare it with the likes of mohenjodaro or harappa .

 

[LakeHawk180]

only famous among indians... its flaunted as bigger than it what really is.
take a drone shot of the excavated "city" and compare it with the likes of mohenjodaro or harappa .

What’s your point? Your 5000 year old archaeological site is bigger than ours? The entire region has a collective history and identity. From the north to the south.

If anything, modern day Pakistanis reject that legacy by trying to ape the Arabs of all people.

This is archeology. This is over 5000 years old. Whatever “genetic” legacy you’re trying to claim for Pakistan is spread over the entire world at this point.

When it comes to ancestry — you and I will have more in common with some roman running around campaigning in present day UK than someone from the Indus Valley civilisation(s).

Hell, we can’t even decode their language.

 

[lightoftruth]

Before the Vedic Age burials were the way to go,

With emergence of Vedic literature ,Agni the intermediary God through which transfer from this world to the next one, developed as the belief.

The same is followed by their true lineage even today and its done all across India from North to South.

Fascinating stuff, the day their script in deciphered we will get to know the proper political administration of cities from Harappa to Rakhigarhi, Mehrgarh to Lothal.

 

[Andhadhun]

only famous among indians... its flaunted as bigger than it what really is.
take a drone shot of the excavated "city" and compare it with the likes of mohenjodaro or harappa .

Not that it matters, but Rakhigarhi today is spread over 400 hectares and is the largest Indus Valley Civilization site till date. It overtook Mohenjodaro (300 hectares) by 100 hectares.

True Indology Live: Why Rakhigarhi exhibits the glory of Bharat’s native culture.

 

[-blitzkrieg-]

Not that it matters, but Rakhigarhi today is spread over 400 hectares and is the largest Indus Valley Civilization site till date. It overtook Mohenjodaro (300 hectares) by 100 hectares.

True Indology Live: Why Rakhigarhi exhibits the glory of Bharat’s native culture.

Drone shot of the excavated parts please.. you may include hector's overs hecctors yet have.little to show ..Basically you have crumbs of a civilization.. that actually belong to us...the nucleus of civilization exists in the periphery of indus.much of which is still unexcavated.on your end you have excavated hectors over hectors of mountains and found a mouse.

Before the Vedic Age burials were the way to go,

With emergence of Vedic literature ,Agni the intermediary God through which transfer from this world to the next one, developed as the belief.

The same is followed by their true lineage even today and its done all across India from North to South.

Fascinating stuff, the day their script in deciphered we will get to know the proper political administration of cities from Harappa to Rakhigarhi, Mehrgarh to Lothal.

Lol.all these sites are pre vedic era. The vedic belief came from central asia around 3500 years ago and have nothing to do with your present day Hinduism..their beliefs gods lifestyle had no resemblance to hinduism born much much later.

 

[-blitzkrieg-]

What’s your point? Your 5000 year old archaeological site is bigger than ours? The entire region has a collective history and identity. From the north to the south.

If anything, modern day Pakistanis reject that legacy by trying to ape the Arabs of all people.

This is archeology. This is over 5000 years old. Whatever “genetic” legacy you’re trying to claim for Pakistan is spread over the entire world at this point.

When it comes to ancestry — you and I will have more in common with some roman running around campaigning in present day UK than someone from the Indus Valley civilisation(s).

Hell, we can’t even decode their language.

Firstly.. we dont ape arabs..we follow an abrahamic religion which comes from that region but historically had prophets all over the world...it stands no way in conflict to claiming our heritage. Tomorrow if Ivc religion is known we wouldnt adopt it..
I dont know what you include in entire region but indians are different from indians themselves let alone be compared with neighbors and called "collective ".....India is not a monolith.we have similarity with indians in north west and regions next to border just like we have similarity to people across our western border. Even aghans have similar sites yet they dont claim them like you do.

 

[Maula Jatt]

What’s your point? Your 5000 year old archaeological site is bigger than ours? The entire region has a collective history and identity. From the north to the south.

If anything, modern day Pakistanis reject that legacy by trying to ape the Arabs of all people.

This is archeology. This is over 5000 years old. Whatever “genetic” legacy you’re trying to claim for Pakistan is spread over the entire world at this point.

When it comes to ancestry — you and I will have more in common with some roman running around campaigning in present day UK than someone from the Indus Valley civilisation(s).

Hell, we can’t even decode their language.

Indians saying the same dumb shit 10,000th time when proven again and again how stupid this assertion is
but deep down in reality, it's just because we follow Abrahamic religion, Islam specifically (to Pakistanis I have heard them say the same things about Indian Muslims, Bangali Hindus to Bangladeshis so it's most definitely a code word for religion and not anything else)
Since the issue is religion itself then you know it's not just a misunderstanding- its a full-blown conflict with a big part of your identity as a people

and that conflict shouldn't be allowed to be used as weaponry to take away our history, culture, and traditions of over a millennia from us

 

[Andhadhun]

Drone shot of the excavated parts please.. you may include hector's overs hecctors yet have.little to show ..Basically you have crumbs of a civilization.. that actually belong to us...the nucleus of civilization exists in the periphery of indus.much of which is still unexcavated.on your end you have excavated hectors over hectors of mountains and found a mouse.

You are free to claim it, you just don't. You reject your past.

Lol.all these sites are pre vedic era. The vedic belief came from central asia around 3500 years ago and have nothing to do with your present day Hinduism..their beliefs gods lifestyle had no resemblance to hinduism born much much later.

Vedic age has been reliably dated to at least 12,000 BC.

 

[Varunastra]

Lol.all these sites are pre vedic era. The vedic belief came from central asia around 3500 years ago and have nothing to do with your present day Hinduism..their beliefs gods lifestyle had no resemblance to hinduism born much much later.

There are no such Gods from vedic age that aren't known and revered by current Hindus.

 

[xeuss]

Pretty sad that the Aryans invaded and destroyed the Harappans.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Pretty sad that the Aryans invaded and destroyed the Harappans.

No academic consensus on this

 

[Andhadhun]

Pretty sad that the Aryans invaded and destroyed the Harappans.

What about the Rakhigarhians ? What about the Lothalians and the Dholaviran's ?

Who killed and destroyed all of them ?

No academic consensus on this

If the white mans says, invasion, then its invasion. Who are you to question it ?

Its not like DNA evidence mean something.

 

[xeuss]

I've actually been to this place. I was interested in seeing it, as we read a lot about the Indus Valley civilization in school.

As usual getting to this place was a pain because Google Maps did not match what was exactly the directions to get there. Took some help from villagers who were curious why were we in the area. Since I was with some friends and that included a couple of girls from Delhi, they spent most of their time looking disapprovingly at the girls rather than providing the directions.

When we finally got there, there was nothing much to see. ASI or the state govt, had cordoned off most of the site. To see something you had to walk a bit in the hot sun. Looked around a little, took some random pics and called it a day.

Got some great parathas on the way back at Rohtak. That was definitely the highlight of the trip.