Now, Harappan-era articles found in Rohtak village

Sunit Dhawan

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, March 14

Barely a fortnight after a 3,500-year-old skeleton was found buried in sand dunes at Samchana village in Rohtak district, several artefacts of the Harappan era have been recovered from the same village.

The articles, including pottery items, terracotta cakes, bangles, beads and mushtikas, faience beads and bangles, jasper beads, agate beads and steatite beads were found in a surface exploration exercise carried out by a group of historian-archaeologists and researchers.

“The items found from a mound at Samchana village during the exploration belong to the early, mature and late Harappan periods. We also found some articles of the early medieval era, including miniature pots, shell-beads, bangles, terracotta beads, stone balls, crystal beads and a small stone sculpture during the exercise,” said Prof Amar Singh, Education Consultant with the Department of History and Archaeology at Central University of Haryana, who led the research team.

It may be pertinent to mention that in the last week of February, a human skeleton, probably dating back to 1500 BC was found from the sand dunes in Samchana village of Rohtak district during the digging of earth.

As per the historians, the condition of the skeleton and the earthen pots and beads etc. found along with it indicated that it belonged to the late Harappan era. Four carnelian beads, a steatite bead and some pieces of faience bangles, besides some earthen pots were also found along with the skeleton.

“These articles being found near the site from which the human skeleton was found indicates that the place was inhabited during the Harappan era,” the professor said while talking to The Tribune here today.

He said the Harappan pottery found from the village also includes jars, dish-on-stand, goblet, perforated jars, pot-handles, bowls and vases and shreds of incised decoration on the interior parts of vessels.

The research team which carried out the exploration included Kuldeep, an Assistant Professor of History and Archaeology at BPS Women University, Khanpur Kalan, besides Rahul and Kuldeep, students of M.Phil course in History.