Banawali
Sign in to saveBanawali is an archaeological site belonging to the Indus Valley Civilization period in Fatehabad district, Haryana, India and is located about 120 km northeast of Kalibangan and 16 km from Fatehabad. Banawali, which is earlier called Vanavali, is on the left banks of dried up Sarasvati River. Comparing to Kalibangan, which was a town established in lower middle valley of dried up Sarasvathi River, Banawali was built over upper middle valley of Sarasvati River.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Banawali
- Ancient site.map_type
- India Haryana#India
- Ancient site.map_size
- 270
- Ancient site.location
- Baguwali, Haryana, India
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.epochs
- Harappan 3A to Harappan 5
- Ancient site.cultures
- Indus Valley civilization
- Ancient site.archaeologists
- R. S. Bisht
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Excavation
- Period I (c. 2500-2300 BCE)
- Period II (c. 2300-1700BCE)
- Period III (c.1700-1500/1450BCE)
- Architecture
- Houses
- Artefacts recovered
- Importance
- Decline
- Other observations
- See also
- References
- External links
Banawali is an archaeological site belonging to the Indus Valley Civilization period in Fatehabad district, Haryana, India and is located about 120 km northeast of Kalibangan and 16 km from Fatehabad. Banawali, which is earlier called Vanavali, is on the left banks of dried up Sarasvati River. Comparing to Kalibangan, which was a town established in lower middle valley of dried up Sarasvathi River, Banawali was built over upper middle valley of Sarasvati River.
==Excavation==
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