New site may throw light on decline of Harappan civilisation

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Archaeological Department has discovered one more new site of historical importance near village 'Kirsola' about 35 km from Rohtak, which would produce valuable information about the downfall of Harappan Culture and its merger with Post Grey Ware Cultures.

The Minister of State for Archives, Archaeology and Museums, Meena Mandal said that the site was discovered on a Link Road from Julana to Kirsola village during an exploration expedition by a team of Archaeological Department led by the Deputy Director, JS Khatri in December 2006.

The archaeological explorations were conducted by Archaeological Department from January 2006 onwards in the Palio-channel of river Drishadvati, specifically in and around Meham of district Rohtak. The discovery of Harappan city-site near village Farmana locally known as Daksh-Khera, led the departmental team to explore further areas towards Julana in the northeast direction. As a result of these explorations three more sites namely Bedwa, Farmana-2 and Kheri Meham were discovered earlier at a regular interval of 5 km each. The recently discovered site was also situated near village Kirsola in the same direction. These Harappan and late Harappan sites proved the existence of 5000-year-old civilisation in this area.

The site was spread over an area of 11 acres 5 kanal and almost 4m high. This deposit contains two-fold cultural material of Harappan and painted grey ware, which had been associated with the Mahabharta period.