Harappan civilization: ASI digs up millennia-old planned city in Haryana's Rakhigarhi, check details

During the excavation of Haryana's Rakhigarhi, the officials studied the remains of the Harappan culture and got evidence of town planning, including streets, pucca walls and multi-storeyed houses, said an IANS report. 

New Delhi: The Archaeological Survey Of India (ASI) is conducting new excavations in and around the 7,000-year-old planned Harappan city in Haryana's Rakhigarhi which will be completed by the end of May. Rakhigarhi is famous across the world for the Harrapan civilisation. The excavation and study at Rakhigarhi so far revealed that this place once housed a planned city made with better engineering, said an IANS report. 

During excavation, the officials studied the remains of the Harappan culture and got evidence of town planning, including streets, pucca walls and multi-storeyed houses. They have also found remains of around 5,000-year-old factory which used to manufacture jewellery. The findings reportedly signify that trading was also done from the city.

Officials told IANS that time the cities were built using better technology. The techniques which are now being used to build big cities like straight streets, drains, and dustbins placed at corners of streets for garbage, were surprisingly used in that period. 

During excavation, the skeletons of two women were found along with jewellery. Along with skeletons, utensils used by the deceased were also buried.

During an investigation conducted in 1969 by Professor Suraj Bhan, it was found that archaeological remains of Rakhigarhi and settlements are of the nature of the Harappan culture. Later investigation was conducted by the ASI and Pune Deccan College and it came to the fore that this place has a cluster township spread across 500 hectares.