Masudpur Explained

Masudpur
Settlement Type:Village
Flag Size:300px
Mapsize:300px
Mapsize1:300px
Pushpin Map:India Haryana#India
Pushpin Mapsize:300px
Pushpin Map Caption:Masudpur in Haryana, India
Coordinates:29.2284°N 75.9713°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name1:Haryana
Subdivision Name2:Hisar
Established Date:4700 BC
Founder:Indus Valley civilization Choudhary Masoodi Ram Dalal
Government Type:Local government
Governing Body:Panchayat
Leader Title:Sarpanch
Leader Name:Mrs. Pooja Dalal
Leader Name1:Ex MLA Ram Bhagat Ji
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Footnotes:219760
Area Total Km2:67
Population Total:25670
Population As Of:27000
Population Footnotes:1
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:125049
Registration Plate:HR
Pushpin Mapsize1:300px
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi

Masudpur is a village and Indus Valley civilization (4700 BCE to 1400 BCE) archaeological site in the Hisar district in Haryana state in India.[1]

Indus Valley Civilization Site

Masudpur is an early Harappan (4600 BCE - 2800 BCE), mature Harappan (2600 BCE - 1400 BCE) and late Harappan (after 1400 BCE) Indus Valley civilization site.

Bolstering the status of Rakhigarhi as the largest Indus Valley civilization metropolis on the banks of Drishadvati river (current day paleochannel of Chautang), at least 23 other Indus Valley Civilization sites within 5 km (at 4 sites), 10 km (at least 10 sites) and 15 km (at least 9 sites) radius of Rakhigarhi have been discovered till 2001. Some of the raw materials were procured from the nodal Rakhigarhi site and finished products were brought back to the nodal Rakhigarhi site for marketing.[2]

Within 5 km radius are early Harappan (4600 BCE - 2800 BCE) site of Gamra and mature Harappan (2600 BCE - 1400 BCE) sites of Budana, Haibatpur and Lohari Ragho 3.[2]

Within 5 km to 10 km radius, early Harappan sites are Lohari Ragho 1, Lohari Ragho 2and Kheri Lochab-Kheri Jalab. Mature Harappan small farmstead sites are Milakpur and Gunkali. Small farmstead sites of Kinnar, Nara and Mirchpur have material from both mature and late Harappan period. late Harappan (after 1400 BCE) sites are Sotha andGandaswala Khera.[2]

Within 5 km to 10 km radius are early, mature and late Harrpan sites. To the north-west of Rakhigarhi are Panhari, Gyanpura, Sotha, Kagsar, Sulchani and south-west of Rakhigarhi are Sisai 1, 2 and 3, Rajpura 2, Pali and Masudpur.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010 Season . https://archive.today/20130804060058/http://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/rivers/2010_season.html . dead . 2013-08-04 . arch.cam.ac.uk .
  2. Web site: ASI Rakhigarhi Excavation Report for 1997-98 and 199-2001 excavations, Author: Dr. Amrendra Nath, Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India, Published: 2004 . 4 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150319114204/http://asi.nic.in/pdf_data/rakhigarhi_excavation_report_new.pdf . 19 March 2015 . dead .