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  • Harappan Period Cemetery Unearthed In Uttar Pradesh

    01/04/2007 2:34:08 PM PST · by blam · 12 replies · 576+ views
    Hindustan Times ^ | 1-4-2007 | Satyen Mohapatra
    Harappan period cemetery unearthed in UP Satyen Mohapatra New Delhi, January 4, 2007 The largest Harappan Necropolis (city of the dead or burial ground) the Indian subcontinent has known so far has been found near village Sanauli on the banks of Yamuna in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh. These findings have been reported in the latest issue (No 36) of Puratattva, the journal of the Indian Archaeological Society. Chairman of the Society Dr SP Gupta said, "Never before a site like Sanauli was found and excavated in India. An absolutely plain ground with thick deposit of sand and silt harbouring lush green...