Verified25.8000° N · 74.6000° E · 400 m
Ojiyana — Banas Mound Hamlet
Chalcolithic Ahar (3000–1500 BCE)·Ahar culture·🇮🇳 Rajasthan, India
About
About Ojiyana — Banas Mound Hamlet
Ojiyana — Banas Mound Hamlet in Rajasthan, India is a Chalcolithic Ahar (3000–1500 BCE) tell attributed to Ahar culture. Small Ahar mound 3 m with white-painted Ahar pottery and microliths. Ojiyana Ahar small hamlet with structural stone alignments and storage jars.
Why it mattersKey Ahar culture reference site for the Rajasthan
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Rock-cut chronology
- 02Chalcolithic sequence refinement
Theories
- 01Mahayana mural transmission
- 02Harappan sherd seriation
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. 2500 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic Ahar (3000–1500 BCE)
- Culture
- Ahar culture
- Purpose
- Small Ahar mound 3 m with white-painted Ahar pottery and microliths
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 2500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Archaeological survey
On the ground
Structures & features
25.8000° N · 74.6000° E · 400 m · 3 mapped features
Ojiyana — Banas Mound Hamlet — High Mound Summit
summitSummit citadel or temple platform
25.8001° N · 74.6001° EOjiyana — Banas Mound Hamlet — Lower Town
lower townLower residential terraces
25.7998° N · 74.6002° EOjiyana — Banas Mound Hamlet — Fortification Trace
wallFort wall or bastion trace
25.8004° N · 74.5998° E