| Archaeological Site | Discovered | Discovered By | Location | River-centric Location | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harappa | 1921 | Dayaram Sahani | Montgomery district of the Punjab province (Pakistan). | Iravati River, or Ravi River | # 6000 BC- 1300 BC #Bronze-age civilization |
| Mohenjo-Daro | 1922 | Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay (Under the leadership of John Marshall) | Larkana district of Sindh province. | Indus River | # “Mound of the Dead” # 2500 BCE |
| Sutkagendor | 1927 | Aurel Stein | Makran coast of the Dasht River, adjacent to the Dast Balochistan province. | Dasht River | # port or trading post |
| Chanhudaro | 1931 | Nani Gopal Majumdar, Mackay | Coastal region of Indus River in Sindh province | Indus River | # 4000 to 1700 BCE # Manufacturig center of beads |
| Ropar | 1953 | Y. D. Sharma | Situated on the banks of the Sutlej River in Punjab. | Sutlej River | # Oval burial pits |
| Kalibangan | 1960 | B. B. Lal, B. K. Thapar | Left bank of the Gharghara River in Rajasthan. | Gharghara River | # Fortified citadel |
| Rangpur | 1935 | M. S. Bhatt | Left bank of the Bhadar River in present-day Gujarat. | Bhadar River | # A seaport |
| Balakot | 1963 | George F. Dales | Lasbela District of Balochistan | Kech River | # coastal sites harbor |
| Alamgirpur | 1958 1959 | Y. D. Sharma | Banks of the Hindon River in Meerut District. | Hindon River | # 3300-1300 BC # Parasaram-ka-khera |
| Dholavira | 1967 | Jagatpati Joshi (managed by R. S. Bist) | Kutch District of Gujarat. | # largest Harappan sites # urban city | |
| Surkotada | 1970 | Jagatpati Joshi | Kutch District of Gujarat. | # fortified citadel # residential complex | |
| Banawali | 1974 | S. R. Rao | Fatehabad district of present-day Haryana. | Saraswati River | # Terracota plough, Citadel |
| Lothal | 1952 | S. R. Rao | A seaport on the banks of the Bhogabar River in Gujarat. | Bhogabar River | # center of trade to West Asia Africa. # known as DRY DOCK |
| Amri | 1935 | Nani Gopal Majumdar | Banks of the Indus River (Dadu district of Sindh). | Indus River | # Two main mounds # pottery antelope |
| Kot Diji | 1937 | Prof. G.S. Ghurye, Fazal Ahmad Khan | Eastern bank of the Indus in the Sindh province of Pakistan | Indus River | # stone rubble wall, citadel |
| Rakhigarhi | 1963 | Dr. Sinde | Hisar district of Haryana | Ghaggar | # roads, drainage, rainwater harvest, storage technique, |
| Daimabad | 1958 | B. P. Bopardikar | Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. | Prabhara (a tributary of the Godavari) | # Chalcolithic site # bronze goods |
| Manda | 1976-77 | J. P. Joshi | Manda is a village in Jammu. | Chenab River | # pre-Harappan redware # terracotta, copper pins |
[List] Archaeological Sites, Discovery & Location of Indus Civilization
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