An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.790

v2.c45.790

**Siswal** (29° 10'; 75°3'), Dt Hissar, 26 km w. of Hissar, discovered by the writer in 1968 in the course of his explorations along the Chitang, the old course of the Dṛṣadvatī. The site is approached by a metalled road from Adampur Mandi railway station 8 km away. The Hissar Major Canal, locally known as the Chitang or Chautang, flows by the n. flank of the site. The mound, now under cultivation and converted into terraces, covers an approximate area of 300 × 200 m with a longer n.-s. axis and rises to a gentle height of 2·5 m from the general ground level. It appears from the general contours that it is located on a slightly raised ground distinguished from a depression in the fields to the s. A few cuttings of wells and borings for tube-wells within this depression have revealed thick deposits of river sand. The depression runs in a meandering way along the Hissar Major Distributary and as we go farther. w. its course is more sharply demarcated by a chain of sand dunes. The sites of SOTHI and NOHAR are located down this course.