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Early Harappan settlement in Gujarat
June 19 , 2025
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- Archaeologists have unearthed a 5,300-year-old settlement near Lakhapar village in western Kachchh, Gujarat.
- The excavation has revealed an Early Harappan habitation site.
- It is located near the now-quiet Gandi River, once a perennial water source.
- The evidence of pottery from both Early and Classical Harappan phases, dating back to around 3300 BC.
- Among these finds is the very extremely rare Pre-Prabhas Ware, previously known from only three sites across Gujarat.
- They discovered a human burial in the vicinity of the settlement.
- The poorly preserved skeleton was also interred directly in a pit with no visible architecture or markers and accompanied by Pre-Prabhas Ware pottery.
- This is the first known burial to include this rare ware.
- It was suggesting a previously undocumented ritual practice or subgroup within the Early Harappan population.
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