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3 Plant findings  





4 Animal findings  





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Babar Kot
RegionSaurashtra region of Gujarat, India
Area2.7 hectares (6.7 acres)

Babar Kot is an archeological site belonging to the Indus Valley civilisation and is located in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, India. It is 325 km away from Ahmedabad and 152 km away from Bhavnagar and 15 km away from rajula and is located in Jafarabad taluka.

Excavation

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Gregory Possehl, of University of Pennsylvania has undertaken a detailed study at this site as well as at Rojdi and Oriyo timbo.

Historical significance

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This site is classified as belonging to the Late Harappan period and measures about 2.7 hectares; Babar Kot had a stone fortification wall.[1]

Plant findings

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Findings from this site include plant remains of millets, gram[1] and bajra (pennisetum typhoideum) among other findings.[2] Furthermore, it is indicated that Bajra might have been present at this site during the third millennium BCE.[3] An archaeological study using ethnographic models provided evidence of two crops at Babar kot, one in summer and another during winter.[4][5]

Animal findings

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Findings from this site also included animal remains of cattle, goat, sheep, and pigs.[5] An archaeological study revealed evidence of eleucine coracana, which probably was used as green fodder for the animals.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Singh, Upinder (2008). A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: from the Stone Age to the 12th century. New Delhi: Pearson Education. p. 222. ISBN 9788131711200.
  • ^ Agnihotri, V.K., ed. (1981). Indian History. Mumbai: Allied Publishers. pp. A–82. ISBN 9788184245684.
  • ^ McIntosh, Jane R. (2008). The Ancient Indus Valley : New Perspectives. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 112. ISBN 9781576079072.
  • ^ Nicholas David, Carol Kramer (2001). Ethnoarchaeology in Action (Digitally repr., with corr. ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 132. ISBN 9780521667791.
  • ^ a b c Reddy, Seetha Narahari (2003). Discerning Palates of the Past : an Ethnoarchaeological Study of Crop Cultivation and Plant Usage in India. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-78920-183-3. OCLC 1076543467.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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