Dholavira: A Harappan City

Dholavira is an archaeological site that contains ruins of an ancient Indus Valley Civilization/Harappan city.
The fortified city flourished between 3000 and 1800 BCE. It had an efficient water conservation system. Unlike Harappa and Mohenjo-daro, the city was constructed to a pre-existing geometrical plan consisting of three divisions – the citadel, the middle town, and the lower town.
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- Full Name
- Dholavira: A Harappan City
- Unesco ID
- 1645
- Country
- India
- Inscribed
- 2021
- Type
- Cultural
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- Categories
- Archaeological site - South (East) Asian
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Site History
2021 Inscribed
2014 Revision
Revised nomination of Dholavira: a Harappan City, Gujarat, Disstt, Kachchh (1998)
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Erotic art: In India, the earliest such surviving imagery dates from the Harappan times, such as the phallic statues of Dholavira. - “A soft sandstone sculpture of a male with phallus erectus but head and feet below ankle truncated was found in the passageway of the eastern gate.” (it’s unclear whether phallic sculptures still can be seen on site today)
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