INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Kalibangān is a town located at29.47°N 74.13°E on the left or southern banks of the Ghaggar (Ghaggar-Hakra River) in Tehsil Pilibangān, between Suratgarh and Hanumangarh in Hanumangarh District, Rajasthan, India 205 km. from Bikaner.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kalibangan, ancient site of the Indus valley civilization, in northern Rajasthan state, northwestern India. The site contains both pre-Harappan and Harappan remains, and therein can be seen the transition between the two cultures.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kalibangan is one of the important Harappan cities situated on the southern bank of the river Ghaggar (Fig.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kalibangan site was discovered by Luigi Pio Tessitori, an Italian Indologist in 1953. It is famous for pottery and black bangles. Inscriptions, sculptures, earthenware pottery, coins, and seals have been found there during excavation.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are four principal settlements known to archaeologists today; Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa, in Pakistan, and Lothal and Kalibangan in western India. It was between these ancient societies that the earliest trade routes were established.