An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.286

v2.c45.286

In Dt Ganganagar the river followed a s.-w. course past the town of HANUMANGARH (29°35′; 74°21′), previously known as Bhatnair or Sadulgarh, till it reached Suratgarh, where it took a more or less w. course reaching the town of Anupgarh (29°7′; 73°6′), about 10 km beyond which it crossed what is now the Indo-Pakistan border. Sites of the cultures mentioned above are profusely met with throughout in the valley. The main Harappa sites, beginning from the border and proceeding e.wards to Suratgarh and then n.-e.wards towards Hanumangarh are: BINJOR-1, BINJOR-3, seemingly with a cemetery to its w. indicated by complete Harappa pots found near the surface, TARKHANEWALA-DERA, CHAK 75, CHAK 71, BAROR, BUGIA, MOTASAR-1, MOTASAR-2, CHAK 50, MATHULA, CHAK 21, CHAK 15, CHAK 11, BHAGWANSAR-4 and-5 and KALIBANGAN, the largest