Harappan-era skeleton found in Rohtak village

Sunit Dhawan

Tribune News Service

Samchana (Rohtak), Feb 27

A skeleton which may date back to 1500 BC – nearly 3,500 years ago – has been found from sand dunes in Samchana village of Rohtak district during digging. As per the historians, the condition of the skeleton and the earthen pots and beeds etc. found along with it indicate that it belongs to the late Harappan era.

Digging of earth with a JCB machine was going on in the fields of a local farmer yesterday. After digging for about 4 to 4.5 feet, a human skull surfaced. The villagers informed a local student of history. Subsequently, historian Prof Amar Singh, an academic consultant at Central University of Haryana, Mahendragarh, reached the spot with a team of researchers and salvaged the entire skeleton and other artifacts.

Dr Amar Singh, a former Professor and Head of the Department of History at MDU, said an earthen pot was found buried under a leg of the skeleton. The five-feet skeleton is supposed to be of a woman.

The skull of the skeleton will be placed in a museum of archaeology for the benefit of students and researchers, he maintained.