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Vejalka

Vejalka
Vejalka is located in Gujarat
Vejalka
Location within Gujarat
Vejalka is located in India
Vejalka
Location within India
Vejalka is located in South Asia
Vejalka
Location within South Asia
22°15′00″N 71°52′12″E / 22.25000°N 71.87000°E / 22.25000; 71.87000
CulturesUrban Harappan, Post Urban Harappan
Site notes
Area72,500 m2 (780,000 sq ft)
Excavation dates2014-15, 2015-16
ArchaeologistsK. Krishnan, Kiran Dimri, MSG University

Vejalka is a village in the Ranpur Taluka of Botad district in Gujarat, India. An Indus Valley Civilisation archeological site was found and excavated near this village in 2014.

Archeology

The site is located 50 km from Lothal which is the major archeological site of the region. There are around 190 Harappan sites in the state, mostly in the Kutch and Saurashtra regions, with a few found in the Lata region as well (like Malwan).[1]

The excavation at the site started in 2014 and extended for two years. The excavation was carried out by students and teachers of the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. The settlement belonged to the Indus Valley civilization and is dated around 2300 BC to 1600 BC.[2] It was a rural centre which supplied raw material to urban centres.[1]

During the excavation, the archeologists found many artifacts, namely pottery, animal bones, mud walls, beads and stone blades. The beads and stone blades suggested that there was a small scale industry at the site. The mud structures inform us about the domestic architecture of the time. They also found micaceous red ware, a kind of ceramic, in abundance which confirmed that the site belonged to the Indus valley civilization.[3]

The neighbouring villages of Vejalka are Chandarva and Bhimnath, both of which have IVC mounds with the one at Chandarwa being in a state of ruin while the two at Bhimnath are comparatively better preserved.[4]

The 3 mounds at Vejalka are named Neshadho I (10,000 sqm), Neshadho II (37,500 sqm) and Neshadho III (22,500 sqm) respectively.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Roy, Ruby (12 April 2016). "New Harappan site found in Botad village". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  2. ^ SV, Rajesh (2018). "Indus Archaeology in Gujarat". In Uesugi, Akinori (ed.). Current Research on Indus Archaeology. South Asian Archaeology Series 4. Kansai University. p. 117. ISBN 9784990915025.
  3. ^ Rajesh S.V.; Abhayan G.S.. "An Appraisal of Chalcolithic Micaceous Red Ware Tradition (2600 – 1600 BCE) Based on Vagad and Other Sites in Gujarat, India". Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies, 12, 2, 2022, 15-35. doi:10.22111/ijas.2022.45009.1256. Page 25
  4. ^ Krishnan, K; Dimri, Kiran (2005). "Exploration in the Lillika River Basin, Saurashtra, Gujarat: A Preliminary Report". In Chakraborty, Kalyan Kumar (ed.). River valley cultures of India. Bhopal: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya [u.a.] pp. 199–204. ISBN 978-81-7305-300-9.
  5. ^ "Indian Archaeology 1995-96 | ASI Annual Review". Scribd. Retrieved 11 December 2023.


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