Rakhigarhi Stadium confirms Harappan love for sportsArchaeologists at Rakhigarhi, the largest known Harappan site, have discovered a stadium with precise engineering, indicating advanced arch...
09 Jan, 2025, 11.09 PM IST
Does her hand-on-hip sassiness upset you?When Harappan artefacts were officially divided between India and Pakistan after Independence, the Dancing Girl came to India's share while...
10 Jun, 2023, 10.28 PM IST
Leopard rescued from open well, IFS officer calls it 'Mohenjo Daro Harappan Technology'The clip has managed to garner more than 38,000 views on Twitter. Forest department officials earned plaudits online for the rescue. Some u...
27 Jun, 2022, 12.44 PM IST
What lapis lazuli tells about the power establishment in ancient India?Power in ancient India was established not by the accumulation of material wealth, but by the aesthetic denial of material development.
19 Feb, 2022, 12.03 AM IST
Dholavira, Harappan-era city in Gujarat, recognised as UNESCO World Heritage SiteThis is the second site to be included in the world heritage list this month after the Ramappa Temple .
28 Jul, 2021, 04.05 PM IST
IIT Kharagpur study reveals, decline of Harappan city Dholavira was caused by drying up of river and droughtThese researchers have for the first time connected the decline of Harappan city Dholavira to the disappearance of a Himalayan snow-fed riv...
02 Jan, 2020, 12.08 PM IST
Scientists find evidence of Saraswati’s existenceA new research led by the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, in collaboration with IIT-Bombay, has reported “unequivocal evidence” th...
09 Dec, 2019, 11.14 AM IST
Gujarat Harappans were first ‘climate refugees’, finds studyA team of scientists from premier institutes of India said the sites may help narrate the story of one of the first climate refugees follow...
25 Nov, 2019, 11.36 AM IST
In a first, ancient couple found in Harappan graveExperts infer from the way the two were buried that the Harappan people believed in life after death.
09 Jan, 2019, 01.20 PM IST
Indus Valley Civilization 8,000 years old, not 5,500; ended because of weaker monsoonThe discovery, published in the prestigious 'Nature' journal on May 25, may force a global rethink on the timelines of the so-called 'cradl...
29 May, 2016, 11.25 AM IST
Early Harappan, Chalcolithic, Buddhist and Gupta remains found in counrty-wide excavation worksIn Rukministhan of Nalanda at Bihar, the mound revealed several structures like votive stupas, brick walls, a colossal image of Buddha and ...
27 Jul, 2015, 09.21 PM IST
Chandayan village in Uttar Pradesh could have possible Harappan link"This is for the first time that a habitation of late Harappan era has been found in UP," said the Superintending Archaeologist of ASI.
12 Jan, 2015, 11.25 AM IST
4,000-year-old house found at Baghpat village offers rare clue to Harappan habitationThe late Harappan phase pertains to the period starting around 1900-1800 BC when the Indus Valley Civilization, popularly known as the Hara...
29 Dec, 2014, 10.35 AM IST
5,000-year Harappan stepwell found in Kutch, bigger than Mohenjodaro'sPrecious stones like carnelian were in great demand during the Harappan era. Gujarat was the hub of bead and craft manufacturing industries.
08 Oct, 2014, 11.37 AM IST
Crown found off Harappan site in Uttar PradeshThe accidental discovery of a human skeleton wearing a copper crow has generated curiosity in Chandayan village of Baghpat district.
08 Aug, 2014, 04.19 PM IST
Mother cityThe Harappan city of Dholavira seems more mysterious than ever in full moonlight.
18 Jan, 2012, 06.18 AM IST
- Gujarat built world's first naval dockyard
About 75 km from here lies a landmark of Indian maritime history. Archaeologists believe the first tidal dockyard in the world was built in...
25 Feb, 2010, 12.08 PM IST