The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables c4.s1.8

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In the partition of British India in 1947, all the major sites of the Indus civilization known at that time became part of Pakistan. During the last four decades, due to constant efforts of the Indian archaeologists, more than 862 Early Harappan, Harappan and Late Harappan sites have been discovered in the Indian Union. In India the area of distribution of Harappan settlements runs broadly from Manda in Jammu (Jammu & Kashmir) in the north to Daimabad in Maharashtra in the south, and from Desalpur, District Kutch, Gujarat, in the west to Hulas in district Shaharanpur, U.P., in the east.⁶ Among the newly extensively excavated sites in India are Kalibangan, Lothal, Surkotada, Daimabad and Banawali. These important excavations have thrown fresh light on the cultural style of the Indus civilization and have produced the greatest number of seals and inscriptions in India.⁷ The recently started marine archaeology along the coast of Gujarat has already produced exciting results at Bet Dwaraka.⁸