Banawali
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Overview
Banawali is a Harappan site in Haryana known for terracotta plough models, which show that the plough was in use. Kalibangan offers similar evidence in the form of an actual ploughed field.
It is in Fatehabad district on the dried bed of the Saraswati–Ghaggar system.
Excavations showed pre-Harappan and Harappan layers, with a fortified town and a radial street pattern.
A terracotta model of a plough and large amounts of barley found here are often cited as evidence of Harappan farming.
It was excavated by R. S. Bisht.
It had a citadel and lower town.
It had good drainage.
It is one of the key Harappan sites in Haryana.
Geography and key facts
- Harappan site, Haryana
- Terracotta (toy) plough models
- Fatehabad district
- Terracotta plough model
- Barley
Why it matters for UPSC
Asked in site–finding matches (2002).
Note for UPSC
Haryana.
Harappan sites are asked with their state or river and their distinctive finds.
Asked in PYQs
- UPSC Prelims 2002 · Q15Match List I (Ancient site) with List II (Archaeological finding) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List I (Ancient site) A. Lothal B. …
Questions from our Prelims bank whose text names Banawali.
Key facts
- Type
- Harappan site
- State / UT
- Haryana
- Coordinates
- 29.598°N, 75.392°E
- Asked in Prelims
- 1 question · 2002
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