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India & Indian Ocean, Gujarat
Lothal
Harappan port & bead-factory mound
Tidal mudflat Documented siteProhibited, look only
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Trade beadsAlso reported: eyes-only: dock basin, warehouse platform, site museum.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Unknown (CC BY 4.0).
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Why this spot
Indus Valley port town of c. 2300 BCE with a claimed dock basin and bead workshops whose techniques Khambhat's artisans still echo 4,000 years on
Excavated 1955-1960 and documented on Wikipedia with site museum; included strictly as the eyes-only ancestor site of the Khambhat agate craft
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Exposed, shadeless alluvial flat
extreme heat outside winter
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