Bhirrana
Archaeological site and village in Haryana, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bhirrana, also Bhirdana and Birhana, (IAST: Bhirḍāna) is an archaeological site, located in a small village in the Fatehabad district of the north Indian state of Haryana.[web 1][5][web 2] Bhirrana's earliest archaeological layers predates the Indus Valley civilisation times, dating to the 8th-7th millennium BCE. [dubious – discuss] [2][1][6][3][4][web 2] The site is one of the many sites seen along the channels of the seasonal Ghaggar river,[7][4] thought by some to be the Rigvedic Saraswati river.[web 2][4]
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Location | Haryana, India |
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Coordinates | 29°33′15″N 75°32′55″E |
Length | 190 m (620 ft) |
Width | 240 m (790 ft) |
History | |
Founded | Approximately 8th-7th m. BCE[1][2][3][4] |
Abandoned | Approximately 2600 BCE[1][2][3][4] |
Periods | Hakra Wares to Mature Harappan |
Cultures | Hakra Ware culture, Indus Valley civilization |
Site notes | |
Excavation dates | 2003–2006 |
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