[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.c39.723 # An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c39.723 An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c39.723 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c39.723](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.723) \*\*Mitathal\*\* (28°50'; 76°10'), Dt Bhiwani, about 10 km to the n.-w. of Bhiwani railway station, with a twin mound, the higher one in the e. and the lower one in the w., respectively called Mitathal-1 and Mitathal-2. Mitathal-1 measures approximately 150 × 130 m and rises to a height of 5 m, while Mitathal-2 is oblong with its longer axis being n.-s. and measures approximately 300 × 175 m in area and 3 m in height. The site was for the first time placed on the archaeological map by the discovery of gold Gupta coins in 1915-6. Two copper harpoons, the typical Copper Hoards tools \[4.11\], were accidently discovered at the site in 1965, one of them now housed in the Arch. Museum at Gurukul, Jhajjar. Subsequently a hoard of 13 copper rings, since lost, was discovered. The true archaeological potential of the site and its Harappa affiliations were first recognized in 1967 when a few potsherds and beads of semiprecious stones, paste and faïence were shown to the writer, who conducted excavation here in 1968 on behalf of the Panjab Univ. Two trenches were sunk—one on the e. slope of Mitathal-1 and the other on Mitathal-2. The cultural deposits at the site are divisible into two Pds—I and II. The latter is again divided into two phases, A and B. - [Previous: v2.c39.722](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.722) - [Next: v2.c39.724](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.724) - [Up: v2.c39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39) ## Cites (1) - [Mitathal](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.mitathal) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.723](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.ghosh-1989.v2.c39.723) · Pramāṇa