Fresh excavations are underway at Kunal, a pre-Harappan site around 5,000 years old, in Haryana's Fatehabad district.
A view of the excavation site in Kunal village [Credit: APN] |
The digging process was started yesterday by Director General, National Museums, B R Mani and Deputy Director, Haryana Archaeology and Museums Department (HAMD), Banani Bhattacharyya.
A shard of pottery embedded in soil [Credit: APN] |
The HAMD and the Delhi-based IAS had signed an MoU last year for excavation works at the Harappan site.
Terracotta pottery from the site on display [Credit: APN] |
Three successive phases of occupation from pit-dwelling to that of square and rectangular mud brick houses have come to light, and are supposed to be the earliest remains of the pre-Harappan culture in India, it said.
The star is a common motif found on pottery. It is believed to have been used as an identification mark for commerce [Credit: APN] |
That makes the whole gamut of the luxury items as "richest" when seen in the context of rural nature of settlement of 3,000 BC, it said.
One of the important contributions of this site is the discovery of steatite and shell seals, which are the earliest example of seal manufacturing in India, so far, the release said.
Source: Press Trust of India [February 05, 2018]