An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c34.142

v2.c34.142

Explorations in the upper Ghaggar valley were initiated by the writer in 1962 and a number of late Harappa and PGW sites were located. In 1964 SARANGPUR (30°50'; 76°50') yielded a non-Harappa and pre-Harappa culture in the valley. In 1971 and onwards SANGHOL was excavated by S.S. Talwar and R.S. Bist who found late Harappa [4.10] deposits over a PGW [4.15] settlement (*IAR 1970-1*, p. 30). CHANDIGARH (30°45'; 76°50'), excavated by the Punjab University, the ASI and the Punjab Department of Arch. in 1971, yielded a Harappa inscription on a pot and typical Harappa pottery in addition to the late Harappa ware. In the course of the writer's explorations BHUDAN near Malerkotla in Dt Sangrur was excavated in 1975 and it corroborated the existence of a pre-Harappa culture [4.8] of KALIBANGAN I affiliations in Punjab and evidenced the survival and co-existence of the pre-Harappans through the mature and late Harappa times. A few other sites such as ROHIRA yielded typical mature Harappa traits such as the perforated jar, goblet, beaker, chert blades terracotta triangular cakes [6.27], etc. GHURAM and BURJ were excavated by G.B. Sharma recently. The latter yielded the typical BARA ware, while in the lowest levels of GHURAM were recovered a few sherds of the PGW. Recently J.P. Joshi of ASI excavated at DADHERI (30°40'; 76°15') in Dt Sangrur, establishing an overlap between the late Harappa and the PGW cultures as at BHAGWANPURA².