[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.c38.240 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.240 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c38.240 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c38.240](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.240) \*\*Lothal\*\* (22°31′; 72°15′), Dt Ahmadabad, a mound in village Saragwala sandwiched between the Sabarmati and the Bhogavo, 10 km up the Gulf of Cambay, though the distance might have been shorter in ancient times. The compact mound rising about 6 m from the present level of the surrounding land composed of the Black Cotton Soil \[9.1\] was discovered by S.R. Rao in 1954 and excavated by him on behalf of the ASI from 1954-5 to 1962-3 (\*IAR 1954-5\*, p. 12; \*1955-6\*, p. 6; \*1956-7\*, p. 15; \*1957-8\*, p. 12; \*1958-9\*, p. 13; \*1959-60\*, p. 16; \*1961-2\*, p. 9; \*1962-3\*, p. 6). Surface indications that it was a site of the Harappa culture \[4.9\] have been amply borne out by the excavations. - [Previous: v2.c38.239](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.239) - [Next: v2.c38.241](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.241) - [Up: v2.c38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38) ## Cites (1) - [Lothal](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.lothal) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.240](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c38.240) · Pramāṇa