Archaeological sites in India Archaeological sites in India Arikamedu is an archaeological site near Pondicherry, southern India, where Mortimer Wheeler conducted its best-known excavation in the 1940s. According to Wheeler, Arikamedu was an Indian fishing village which had been built up by Roman traders into a major port that flourished for centuries until the Romans left. Various Roman artifacts, such as a large number of amphorae bearing the mark of Roman potter schools VIBII, CAMURI and ITTA, have been found at the site, supporting the view on an ancient trade between Rome and south India. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arikamedu"
Guge was an ancient kingdom in Western Tibet. It encompassed the present-day tracts of Zanskar, Upper Kinnaur, Lahul and Spiti. The ruins of Guge are located 1200 miles westwards from Lhasa. ...more on Wikipedia about "Guge"
Kalibangan is a town on the banks of river Ghaggar, Hanumangarh district, Rajasthan, India. It is located at a distance of 205 km. from Bikaner. In 1958, archaeologists, led by Dr. A. Ghosh discovered that the village was an Indus Valley Civilisation site. According to archaeological evidence, Indus Valley culture existed at the site from the proto- Harappan age ( 3500 BC - 2500 BC) to the Harappan age ( 2500 BC - 1750 BC). Kalibangan is known to be the earliest town in the history of India which was destroyed by earthquake. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kalibanga"
The Kanheri Caves are a number of rock-cut Buddhist caves located in Mumbai, India. The caves date back to the 1st century BC when the area was under the rule of the Maurayan and Kushan empires. The caves lie deep inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, a National Park in northern Mumbai at . The caves are at a height of about 450 metres (1,500 feet) above sea level and command a panoramic view of the surroundings. The Arabian Sea, and the Vasai Creek can be seen in the distance. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kanheri Caves"
Lothal was one of the most prominent cities and trade centers of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization from around 2400 B.C. Located in Gujarat, it is the most important archaelogical site belonging to that era in modern India. It consists of the earliest dockyard found in anywhere in the world, connecting an ancient course of the Sabarmati river on the trade route between Harappan cities in Sindh and the peninsula of Saurashtra, at a time when the surrounding Kutch desert was a part of the Arabian Sea. Lothal is located near the village of Saragwala, in the Dholka taluka of Ahmedabad district. It is situated at a distance of 6 kilometres from the Lothal-Bhurkhi railway station on the Ahmedabad- Bhavnagar railway line. It is also connected by all-weather roads to the cities of Ahmedabad (85 km), Bhavnagar, Rajkot and Dholka. Adjacent to the excavated areas stands the Archaeological Museum. Lothal provides with the largest collection of antiquities in the archaeology of modern India. The entire site and museum are maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lothal"
Parasgad Fort is a ruined hill fort in the Belgaum district of Karnataka state, India. It dates back to 1674, and is said to have been built by the Maratha ruler Shivaji. ...more on Wikipedia about "Parasgad Fort"
Rakhigarhi, or Rakhi Garhi, is a village in Hissar district in the northwest Indian state of Haryana, around 150 kilometers from Delhi. In 1963 archeologists discovered the village was the site of an extensive city, part of the Indus Valley Civilization. Since 1997 the Archaeological Survey of India has undertaken a detailed excavation of the site, revealing the size of the lost city (at least 2.2 km²) and recovering numerous artifacts, some over 5,000 years old. Evidence of paved roads, a drainage system, a large rainwater collection and storage system, terracotta brick and statue production, and skilled metal working (in both bronze and precious metals) has been uncovered. Jewellery, including bangles made from terracotta, conch shells, gold, and semi-precious stones, have also been found. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rakhigarhi" www.shortopedia.com - Go in quickly.
On May 19, 2001, India's science and technology minister Murli Manohar Joshi announced the finding of the remains of an ancient city on the seabed of the Gulf of Cambay (also known as the Gulf of Khambat), along a nine kilometer stretch off the coast of Gujarat province. Located 40 metres deep it was discovered by the National Institute of Ocean Technology in December 2000 and investigated for six months with acoustic techniques. The structures of the city were said to resemble those of major cities of the ...more on Wikipedia about "Ruins in the Gulf of Cambay"
Rupnagar is a town in Punjab, India. It was formerly known as Ropar. The town of Rupnagar is said to have been founded by a Raja called Rokeshar, who ruled during the 11th century and named it after his son Rup Sen. It is also the site of an ancient town of the Indus Valley Civilization. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rupnagar"
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