Dholavira

Gujarat will have the chance to shine once more on the World Heritage Map thanks to UNESCO’s inclusion of Dholavira of Kutch in the list of World Heritage Sites in 2021. Gujarat now boasts the distinction of having four World Heritage Sites, thanks to the addition of Dholavira to the list. One of the two biggest Harappan sites in India, Dholavira is the fifth largest on the subcontinent. Similar to Lothal, it experienced every phase of the Harappan civilization between roughly 2900 and 1500 BC, but the majority of people only witnessed the early or late phases.

The fifth or seventh stage of civilization’s fall was discovered during the excavation, and after that, there were indications of the site’s temporary abandonment. Later in the late Harappan stage, settlers returned, bringing with them altered pottery from civilizations discovered at sites in Sindh, South Rajasthan, and other parts of Gujurat, but they did not bring the civilization with them. For instance, their homes were constructed in a completely novel circular shape known as “bhungas,” and their material signs were remarkably uncluttered and straightforward.