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A Late Harappan Port at Kindar Kheda on the Saurashtra coast

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Title A Late Harappan Port at Kindar Kheda on the Saurashtra coast
 
Creator Gaur, A.S.
Sundaresh
 
Subject onshore exploration
stone anchor
 
Description During onshore exploration along the Saurashtra coast a Protohistoric site at Kindar Kheda was visited and a large number of artefacts were observed within agricultural lands. The potsherds noted here point to this representing a late Harappan settlement. The discovery of a stone anchor from the site, and the study of an ancient map suggests that this site might have served as an active port in past. This port was approachable by boat through creeks from Porbandar and Kindari (Visawada) till A.D. 1856; however, due to geomorphological changes, the creeks are today at distance from Kindar Kheda.
 
Date 2006-11-14T09:32:30Z
2006-11-14T09:32:30Z
2005
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Man and Environment, vol.30(2), 44-48p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/482
 
Language en
 
Format 656677 bytes
application/pdf
 
Publisher Indian Society for Prehistoric and Quaternary Studies