INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Amlānand Ghosh (Ex. Director General, Archaeological Survey of India, or ASI) was the first person to recognise this site as Harappan and marked it out for excavations.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kalibangan site was discovered by Luigi Pio Tessitori, an Italian Indologist and linguist. He died at a tender age of just 32 years but did a remarkable work in the arena of Indian Pre-history.

Detailed explanation-3: -The site of Kalibangan was discovered in 1917 by Italian Indologist, Luigi Pio Tessitori, who was surveying archaeological sites in Rajputana but it was first identified as Harappan almost 30 years later by Indian archaeologist Amalanda Ghosh.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kalibangan is a part of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, located in present Hanumangarh district. The site was discovered by Luigi Pio Tessitori, an Italian Indologist and linguist. After Independence in 1952, Amlānand Ghosh identified the site as part of Harappan Civilization and marked it for excavation.