Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Western Terrace
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE)·Harappan·🇮🇳 Gujarat, Kutch, India
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About Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Western Terrace
Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Western Terrace in Gujarat, Kutch, India is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal platform 12 × 5 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 23.8796N 70.2188E controls access to Gujarat, Kutch resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey hydraulic for Gujarat, Kutch, illustrating Harappan construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Nature of burial rites and population
- 02Landscape function
Theories
- 01Ancestral burial reuse over centuries
- 02Astronomical alignment hypothesis
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2400 BCE
- Period
- Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE)
- Culture
- Harappan
- Purpose
- Water management and storage for settlement and agriculture
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 2400 BCE
Initial construction of Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Western Terrace main structure
c. 602 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Western Terrace
1976–2013
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Western Terrace) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
23.8796° N · 70.2188° E · 28 m · 3 mapped features
Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Western Terrace — Main Hydraulic Feature
dromosPrimary dromos at Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Western Terrace — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits
23.8807° N · 70.2173° EDholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Western Terrace — Secondary Enclosure
structureAncillary structure at Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Western Terrace — burial gallery with stratified deposits
23.8793° N · 70.2204° EDholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Western Terrace — Outlier Rock Art Panel
enclosureOutlier enclosure panel linked to Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Western Terrace ceremonial landscape
23.8813° N · 70.2182° E