From Archaeo News at stonepages.com
5 February 2012
Hallmark pottery dating back to 1900 BCE has been discovered during the
recent excavations in Rupnagar (Punjab, India). The Archaeological Survey of
India, which recently started excavating the site after a gap of 56 years, has
recovered fragments of geometrical designs dating back to the Harappan era.
Ropar is situated on a high ancient mound overlaying the Shiwalik deposition
on the left bank of the river Satluj where it emerges into the plains. It has
yielded a sequence of six cultural periods or phases with some breaks from
Harappan times to the present day. The first excavations at the site were
carried out by Dr. Y.D. Sharma of the Archaeological Survey of India. The
migration of people from Harappa to Ropar has been postulated through the lost
Saraswati River to the Satluj as both rivers once belonged to
After more
than five decades, archaeologists say further digging may allow them to discover
typical Harappan culture findings. "We have so far found the contemporary,
regional elements, but there is a possibility of discovering typical Harappan
culture items," said superintending archaeologist V.N. Prabhakar.
Experts say once the excavations are over, they will use scientific methods to
establish the dietary pattern of the Asian population that lived there.
Edited from The Asian Age (2 February 2012)
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