CIVILIZATION
INDUS VALLEY
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Gujarat
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Haryana
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Uttar Pradesh
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Afganistan
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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: -Rakhigarhi in Haryana is the largest Harappan site in the Indian subcontinent. At Rakhigarhi, the excavations are being done to trace its beginnings and to study its gradual evolution from 6000 BCE (Pre-Harappan phase) to 2500 BCE.
Detailed explanation-3: -The site is located in the Sarasvati river plain, some 27 km from the seasonal Ghaggar river. In May 2012, the Global Heritage Fund, declared Rakhigarhi one of the 10 most endangered heritage sites in Asia.
Detailed explanation-4: -Rakhigarhi is the largest Harappan site in the Indian subcontinent. Other large sites of Harappan civilization on Indian sub-continent are Harappa, Mohenjodaro and Ganveriwala in Pakistan and Dholavira (Gujarat) in India.