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Multi-periodSite Name: Shikarpur Alternative Name: Valmio TimboCountry: India
NOTE: This site is 90.144 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Morbi Nearest Village: Shikarpur
Latitude: 23.237500N Longitude: 70.677600E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Shikarpur is a 4,500 year old Harappan settlement in Kutch, western India and forms part of the Indus Valley (or Harappan) Civilisation whose main sites are Harappa and Mohenjo-daro. Situated on a mound locally known as Valmio Timbo measuring about 3.4 hectares, it is located 4.5 km south of Shikarpur village at the edge of a narrow creek which extends eastward from the Gulf of Kutch giving it strategic importance.
Initially excavated between 1987 and 1989 with inconclusive results, the current major excavations have been underway since 2007 and have revealed that Shikarpur was a vast settlement surrounded by a fortified structure made from unbaked mud bricks with 10 metre thick walls and constructed in the Harappan style. It is believed to be about 4,500 years old. Finds include classical Harappan pottery and small amounts of regional pottery with cloth impressions, large chert blades and cores, several model terracotta cart frames and wheels, seals, figurines of bulls and other animals and terracotta bangles. There is a sensual terracotta figurine of a female broken off below the knees and above the chest with unusual detail normally not seen in Harappan figurines.
References:
Excavations at Shikarpur 2007-2008: K Bhan and P Ajithprasad:
http://www.harappa.com/goladhoro/Excavations-at-Shikarpur-2007.pdf
Note: Vast settlement believed to be 4500 years old and Harappan excavated in Western India. Indus valley east theory challenged, see comments
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