An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c42.663

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(20°53′; 70°24′), Dt Junagadh, situated about 3 km s.-e. of the present town, on the s.-w. coast of Saurashtra at the mouth of the Hiran near the port town of Veraval. It is represented by a group of five mounds collectively known as Nagar. It was excavated in 1956 by the Gujarat State Dept of Arch. and the M.S. Univ. of Baroda and the work was continued later by the Gujarat Dept of Archaeology. The site was subjected to large-scale excavations by the Deccan College Post-Graduate Res. Inst. in collaboration with the Gujarat State in 1972, 1976 and 1977. The excavations revealed the following sequence of cultures.