Khadir Bet,Kachchh Gujarat,India
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island, ancient, archaeological site
This is a small isolated island within the salt plains of 'Rann of Kachchh'.
Dholavira is yet another Harappan site located in the Great Rann of Kachchh on a Khadir Bet. At present the Rann is a dry area but during good monsoon it gets flooded. Dholavira is supposed to have witnessed the earliest habitation of protohistoric period in Gujarat. Excavation has revealed a long cultural sequence which commences from the beginning of the third millennium BC, when perhaps a group of people from Makran coast arrived on the island through Kori creek. This assumption is based on the ceramic feature resembling those from the Amerian culture (datable to 3000 BC). Similar pottery has also been reported from other Harappan sites of Kachchh. The base of Rann of Kachchh might have been under 10 m deep water for 3000 years19 and the Khadir Bet could have served as an island in the shallow sea. It is not clear why people settled on an island rather than on the mainland, where agriculture and other commodities, including marine resources could be better exploited. The inference is that Dholavira was an active port and the Harappans must have found that this port was a safe harbour for anchoring boats. The long habitational history of the area highlights the importance of the location and of maritime activities. The location of the site seems to be favourable even for riverine navigation, in case one is not inclined to consider this a port site.
Dholavira is yet another Harappan site located in the Great Rann of Kachchh on a Khadir Bet. At present the Rann is a dry area but during good monsoon it gets flooded. Dholavira is supposed to have witnessed the earliest habitation of protohistoric period in Gujarat. Excavation has revealed a long cultural sequence which commences from the beginning of the third millennium BC, when perhaps a group of people from Makran coast arrived on the island through Kori creek. This assumption is based on the ceramic feature resembling those from the Amerian culture (datable to 3000 BC). Similar pottery has also been reported from other Harappan sites of Kachchh. The base of Rann of Kachchh might have been under 10 m deep water for 3000 years19 and the Khadir Bet could have served as an island in the shallow sea. It is not clear why people settled on an island rather than on the mainland, where agriculture and other commodities, including marine resources could be better exploited. The inference is that Dholavira was an active port and the Harappans must have found that this port was a safe harbour for anchoring boats. The long habitational history of the area highlights the importance of the location and of maritime activities. The location of the site seems to be favourable even for riverine navigation, in case one is not inclined to consider this a port site.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 23°51'41"N 70°19'45"E
- the'Gangto' island 17 km
- Bela Island 24 km
- Pachham Island 69 km
- Nanda Bet 83 km
- MARDEK BET (SMALL HILL IN LRK) NANA VARNESHWAR MAHADEV TEMPLE (VENU DADA) 91 km
- Kalubhar Island 173 km
- Dhani bet 180 km
- Bet Dwarka Island 200 km
- Sri Koteshwar Rann 219 km
- Jati, Sindh, Pakistan 232 km
- bambhanka village 5.7 km
- gangta fort 29 km
- gangta mandir 29 km
- VANOI 31 km
- The Great Rann of Kachchh (Kutch) 31 km
- SUVAI DAM 34 km
- moti rav ,,,, 35 km
- Nani Rav 35 km
- RAJPUT VARSANG BHAI PANCHA BHAI 36 km
- Navapara/Ratanpar 44 km
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