sdfsdfsdfsfdfdfdsdfdfsdfExcavation at Harappan Site Reveals House Plan

Excavations conducted by the Archaelogical Survey of India (ASI) at the late-Har

appan site of Chandayan in Uttar Pradesh has for the first time, revealed the pl
an of a house on the Ganga-Yamuna doab, with its mud walls, four seccessive flou
r levels and post-holes.
While these were found in the habitation area, trenches laid in the buri
al area brought to light 21 Harappan pots, the remains of a skeleton, a broken c
oppercrown placed on the skull, animal bones and remains of a feast, indicating
a excavation after labourers digging farmland to collect clay found the crown p
laced on the skull, a red-ware bowl and a miniature pot last August. The ASI exc
avated five trenches in the habitation locality and three in the burial area. Mr
. Pandey estimated that the late-Harapan site could have existed before 4,000 ye
ars.
The excavation in the residential area revealed a mud wall and post-hole
s in one trench and four closely laid and successive floors of a house in anothe
r trench and pots. They were found at a depth of 130 cm and upwards from the sur
face level. The posts positioned in the holes would have supported the roof of t
he house. "The habitation area is significant for the floor levels and mud walls
were occurring in the Ganga-Yamuna doab for the first time," Mr. Pandey said.