Important Harappan Sites
| Sites | Location | River | Facts/Discoveries | ||
| Harappa | Punjab ( Pakistan) | Ravi | Discovered by Daya Ram Sahani, mother goddess figurine, cemetery-37 | ||
| Chanhudaro | Sindh ( Pakistan) | Indus | Discovered by Mackay (1925) and NG Mazumdar (1931), bronze figure of bullock cart | ||
| Mohenjodaro ( means Mound of Dead ) | Sindh ( Pakistan) | Indus | Discovered by RD Banerjee (1922), Bronze Dancing Girl, Great Bath, Pashupati Seal | ||
| Lothal | Gujarat ( India) | Bhogava | Discovered by SR Rao (1954), important port city, dockyard and fire altar found here | ||
| Kalibangan ( means black bangles) | Rajasthan | Ghaggar | Discovered by Amalanand Ghosh (1951), BB Lal and BK Thapar(1961), Ploughed field, Mesopotamian seal and fire discovered. | ||
| Surkotada | Gujarat ( India) | —————————— | Discovered by JP Joshi (1964), bones of horses. | ||
| Dholavira | Gujarat ( India) | Luni | Discovered by JP Joshi (19667-68), water reservoir | ||
| Banawali | Haryana | Saraswati | Discovered by RS Bisht (1973), evidence of cultivation of barley crop found here | ||
| Rakhigarhi | Haryana | ——————————- | Discovered by Suraj Bhan and Acharya Bhagwan Dev (1997), largest indus valley site. | ||
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