An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.281

v2.c45.281

An intensive survey of the Sarasvatī basin within Haryana has been carried out by the writer since 1960. Among the important sites explored may be mentioned BANAWALI in Dt Hissar. Excavation was conducted at KURUKSHETRA (RAJA-KARNA-KA-QILA and MIRZAPUR) between 1970-1 and 1975-6 by the writer and U.V. Singh. While the PGW was recovered from the lowest levels of RAJA KARNA-KA-QILA the Mirzapur mound yielded late Harappa material [4.10] in Pd I. Excavation at BANAWALI by Bist on behalf of the Arch. Dept of Haryana State between 1971 and 1974 has yielded a sequence of the early SISWAL, Harappa [4.9] and late Harappa cultures, corroborating the evidence from SISWAL and MITATHAL (Bist, 1976). More recently excavation at BHAGWANPURA² and Kasithal in Dt Kurukshetra has thrown important light on the stratigraphic relationship between the late Harappa and PGW cultures by yielding evidence of a partial overlap between the two.