INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Lothal. The excavated site of Lothal is the only port-town of the Indus Valley Civilisation. Lothal is famous for the discovery of several ruins of the Indus Valley Civilization. Lothal is located between the Sabarmati river and its tributary Bhogavo.

Detailed explanation-2: -The excavated site of Lothal is the only port-town of the Indus Valley Civilisation. A metropolis with an upper and a lower town had in on its northern side a basin with vertical wall, inlet and outlet channels which has been identified as a tidal dockyard.

Detailed explanation-3: -The word Lothal, like Mohenjo-daro, means the mound of the dead. Lothal is located between the Bhogavo and Sabarmati rivers near the Gulf of Khambhat in Gujarat.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lothal is a port city in Gujarat, located on the banks of the Bhogava River, a right tributary of the Sabarmati River. It had the earliest known dock in the world, used mainly for trade purposes in the Indus Valley Civilization.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lothal is believed to be 3, 700 years old and is the only major port-town of the IVC, discovered so far. The site itself is small, at 7 hectares, and is 18 times smaller than Mohenjo-daro.