Interesting Facts About Dholavira

• Dholavira took its name from a present-day village, which is 1 km south of it. This village is at a distance of 165 km from Radhanpur. 
• It is locally called Kotada timba (large fort).
• Dholavira consists of ruins from an ancient Indus valley civilization or Harappan city. 
• It is located on the Tropic of Cancer. It is situated on Khadir bet island in the Kachchh desert wildlife sanctuary, which is in the Great Rann of Kachchh, Gujarat in western India. The site was discovered by J.P. Joshi of ASI, in 1967-68. It has been excavated by the R S Bisht team of ASI. The 120 acres of the quadrangular city lie between two seasonal rivers, the Mansar in the north and Manhar in the south.
• It is the fifth largest of eight major Harappan sites and it is the most important archaeological site in India, that belongs to the Indus valley civilization. 
• The area was occupied from c.2650 BCE. It slowly declined after 2100 BCE.  It was stranded for a short period of time. It is reoccupied until c.1450 BCE.
• The Dholavira town had three citadels. These three citadels were improved than Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. They had an inner closure as well.

The Harappan civilization is also called the Indus valley civilization. It is best known for its structured planning built on the grid system. It was a bronze age civilization. It has its roots in present-day’s northeast Afghanistan Pakistan and northwest India. This civilization existed in the river valleys of the Indus and the Ghaggar-Hakra rivers.