Bara Punjab
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Bara (बड़ा) is a village in Rupnagar District in Punjab, India. It is a site of Indus Valley Civilization.
Variants
- Bada Rupnagar बड़ा, जिला रूपनगर, पंजाब, (AS, p.603)
Location
It lies on the Rupnagar-Morinda Road at the left bank of a seasonal monsoon rivulet called Budki Nadi, about four kms south-west of the city Ropar and 40 km northeast of Chandigarh on National Highway 205 (India) (NH-205).[1]
Jat clans
The village has mainly two Jatt Sikh surnames Chakkal and Heer.
History
Bara is the site of significant archeological excavations connected with the Indus Valley Civilization. It has some evidence of being home to a culture (sometimes called Baran Culture) that was a pre-Harappan strand of the Indus Valley Civilization.[2]
Baran and Harappan cultures may have intertwined and coexisted in some places, such as Kotla Nihang Khan, also in modern-day Punjab.[3]
बड़ा, पंजाब
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[4] ने लेख किया है .....बड़ा, जिला रूपनगर (AS, p.603) पंजाब. रोपड़ के निकट स्थित है. यहाँ 1954-55 में, पुरातत्व विभाग द्वारा संपादित उत्खनन में उत्तरकालीन हरप्पा संस्कृति के चिन्ह मिले हैं.
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References
- ↑ K.D. Bajpai; Rasesh Jamindar; P. K. Trivedi; Ramanlal Nagarji Mehta (2000), Gleanings of Indian archaeology, history, and culture, Publication Scheme, 2000, ISBN 978-81-86782-64-4, ".."
- ↑ Romila Thapar (1978), Ancient Indian Social History: Some Interpretations, Orient Blackswan, 1978, ISBN 978-81-250-0808-8, "..."
- ↑ Shadaksharappa Settar; Ravi Korisettar (1 January 2002), Indian Archaeology in Retrospect: Prehistory, archaeology of South Asia, Indian Council of Historical Research, 2002, ISBN 978-81-7304-319-2, "."
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.603
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