[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989) › v2.c37.155 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c37.155 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c37.155 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c37.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.155) \*\*Kalibangan -1 and -2\*\*, (29°05′; 74°05′), Dt Ganganagar, literally meaning black bangles, from the occurrence on the surface of the countless fragments of weather-stained terracotta bangles, lying along the left bank of the now-dry river Ghaggar (ancient SARASVATĪ) in the n. part of Rajasthan. The Harappa character of the site was first recognized in 1950 by Ghosh, 1952, who explored a considerable area of the Sarasvati valley and identified over 20 Harappa sites. The site comprises two mounds (KLB-1 and -2), the smaller one located to the w. and the larger to the e., recalling an identical disposition of the mounds at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa. The site was systematically excavated for nine field seasons between the years 1961 and 1969 by B.B. Lal and the author on behalf of the ASI (\*IAR 1960-1\*, p. 31; \*1961-2\*, p. 38; \*1962-3\*, p. 20; \*1963-4\*, p. 30; \*1964-5\*, p. 35; \*1965-6\*, p. 38; \*1966-7\*, p. 31; \*1967-8\*, p. 42; \*1968-9\*, p. 28). The excavation has brought to light a twofold sequence of cultures, of which the upper one (Kalibangan I) is Harappa, showing the characteristic grid layout of a metropolis and the lower one (Kalibangan II) pre-Harappa or antecedent Harappa (also called proto-Harappa by some, Ghosh, 1965; Lal, 1979). - [Previous: v2.c37.154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.154) - [Next: v2.c37.156](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.156) - [Up: v2.c37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37) ## Linked texts (2) - [Harappā](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.harappa) - [Mohenjo-daro](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mohenjo-daro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c37.155) · Pramāṇa