{"id":283764,"date":"2024-02-21T16:47:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T11:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=283764"},"modified":"2024-02-21T16:47:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T11:17:32","slug":"morodharo-a-harappan-settlement-near-dholavira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/morodharo-a-harappan-settlement-near-dholavira\/","title":{"rendered":"Morodharo- A Harappan settlement near Dholavira"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source<\/strong>-This post on <strong>Morodharo- A Harappan settlement near Dholavira<\/strong> has been created based on the article &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/rajkot\/kutch-villagers-treasure-hunt-helps-unearth-harappan-site-near-dholavira\/articleshow\/107832569.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Kutch villagers&#8217; treasure hunt helps unearth Harappan site near Dholavira<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; published in &#8220;<strong>The Times of India<\/strong>&#8221; on 20 February 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in the news?<\/h2>\n<p>Archaeologists have recently discovered a Harappan-era fortified settlement named Morodharo near Dholavira.<\/p>\n<h2>About Morodharo<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_283769\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-283769\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-283769\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ma.png?resize=500%2C412&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Morodharo\" width=\"500\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ma.png?resize=300%2C247&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ma.png?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-283769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source-the Times Of India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; height: 442px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 1.21212%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Aspect<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98.7879%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Details\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 1.21212%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Description<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98.7879%; height: 30px;\">It is a<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> fortified settlement<\/span> dating back to the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Harappan-era<\/span>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 30px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 1.21212%; height: 30px;\"><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98.7879%; height: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Kutch<\/span> District, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Gujarat<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 210px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 1.21212%; height: 210px;\"><strong>Features<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98.7879%; height: 210px;\">1) The settlement looks<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> mature<\/span> (2,600-1,900BCE) to late (1,900-1,300 BCE) Harappan.<br \/>\n2) <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Burial cairns<\/span>, which are mounds of stones to demarcate a boundary, are also found here.<br \/>\n3) Harappan pottery with<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> perforated jar sherds<\/span>,<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> reserved slipware<\/span>, and terracotta cakes were unearthed.<br \/>\n4) All these items have a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">striking resemblance<\/span> to those found in Dholavira.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 142px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 1.21212%; height: 142px;\"><strong>Significance<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 98.7879%; height: 142px;\">As per archaeologist, this site and Dholavira both were dependent on the sea. This suggests the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">presence of navigable waters<\/span> near <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Rann of Kutch<\/span> in ancient times.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Read more about-<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indus-valley-civilization-important-aspects-and-new-developments\/#gsc.tab=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harappan civilisation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus-Art &amp; Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source-This post on Morodharo- A Harappan settlement near Dholavira has been created based on the article &#8220;Kutch villagers&#8217; treasure hunt helps unearth Harappan site near Dholavira&#8221; published in &#8220;The Times of India&#8221; on 20 February 2024. Why in the news? Archaeologists have recently discovered a Harappan-era fortified settlement named Morodharo near Dholavira. About Morodharo Aspect&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/morodharo-a-harappan-settlement-near-dholavira\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Morodharo- A Harappan settlement near Dholavira<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10374,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-283764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10374"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}