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Detailed explanation-1: -Rakhigarhi or Rakhi Garhi is a village and an archaeological site belonging to the Indus Valley civilisation in Hisar District of the northern Indian state of Haryana, situated about 150 km northwest of Delhi.

Detailed explanation-2: -The discovery of two more mounds in January at the Harappan site of Rakhigarhi in Hisar district, Haryana, has led to archaeologists establishing it as the biggest Harappan civilisation site.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rakhigarhi village in Haryana’s Hisar district is one of the oldest archaeological sites of the Indus Valley Civilisation. New Delhi: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has made a significant discovery with the excavation of a Harappan-era site in Haryana’s Rakhigarhi village.

Detailed explanation-4: -Recently, a study of DNA from skeletal remains excavated from the Harappan cemetery at Rakhigarhi found that the people in the Harappan Civilization have an independent origin. This study negates the theory of the Harappans having Steppe pastoral or ancient Iranian farmer ancestry.

Detailed explanation-5: -Five interconnected mounds spread in a huge area form the Rakhigarhi’s unique site. Two mounds, out of five, were thickly populated. This site was excavated by Shri Amarendra Nath of Archeological Survey of India.