Science: Archaeology: Periods and Cultures: Harappan: Sites and Monuments

Banawali Mound lies 14 kms, north-west of Fatehbad on the right bank of the Rangoi Nala. It is spread over an 1kmsq area and is 10 meters high.

A description of the Harappan site at Dholavira.

An article in The South Asian describing excavations at the village of Rakhigarhi, about 150km from Delhi.

Short descriptions of the Harappan towns of Dholavira, Lothal, and Surkotda.

A short description, with images of the site at Harappa.

Photos and commentary from Mark Felten, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

An article originally published in Newsweek and an answer to a BBC report on the discoveries at Harappa in 1999.

An article by Wayne R. Belcher and A. Keith Turner detailing 3-D modeling work being carried out at Harappa and utilizing the Microstation software.

Short essay with images on this prehistoric South Asian uban site.

A short description of the archaeological site at Mohenjodaro in Sindh.

From Dawn, the Ministry of Culture will soon start maintenance work on the walls of Moenjodaro. It was decided in a meeting of the National Fund for Moenjodaro held under the chairmanship of secretary culture, Khalid Latif Chaudhry.

From Dawn, the government is likely to revive the National Fund for Moenjodaro (NFM) to look after relics at the site, Moenjodaro curator Irshad Ahmad Rind was told by the director, southern circle of the archaeology department.

From Dawn, Dokri taluka council representatives held a demonstration in Moenjodaro to draw attention of the authorities to dilapidated state of the pre-historic site.

From Dawn, Archaeologists said that it was a big loss because the wall located in the DKG area was unique in the entire Indus Valley civilization sites.

Moenjodaro in the province of Sind, Pakistan, is one of the main centres of the culture that flourished in the Indus Valley 5,000 years ago, extending its influence over an enormous region not only in Pakistan but also in the adjoining areas.

Salt may have been a reason for the citys location, and in ancient times it may have had a channel to the sea.