Dholavira - 40th UNESCO World Heritage Site
Dholavira, a Harappan Era city in Kutch District of Gujarat gets the UNESCO World Heritage Site on 26th July 2021. Dholavira is the 40th UNESCO World Heritage Site in India.
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| Dholavira UNESCO World Heritage Site Image Courtesy: UNESCO |
Some Interesting Facts about Dholavira
- Dholavira is the fifth largest of eight major Harappan sites. The other sites are Harappa,Mohenjo-daro,Ganeriwala,Rakhigarhi,Kalibangan,Rupnagar and Lothal.
- The site was discovered in 1968 by J.P Joshi of Archaeological Survey of India(ASI).
- Dholavira is famous for water management system, multi-layered defensive mechanisms, extensive use of stone in construction and special burial structures
- Artefacts of various kinds such as copper, shell, stone, jewellery of semi precious stones, teracotta, gold, ivory have been found at this site
- Gujarat has a total of four World Heritage Sites. The other three UNESCO Heritage Site are Champaner near Pavagadh, Rani ki Vav in Patan and Ahmedabad.
Here is the official Tweet by UNESCO
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| Dholavira UNESCO World Heritage Site Image Courtesy: UNESCO |
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