Kunal, Haryana
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| Country | India |
| Province | Haryana |
| Time zone | Indian Standard Time (UTC+5.30) |
Kunal is a pre-harappan settlement located in Fatehabad district, Haryana, India. This Indus Valley Civilisation site was a village, in comparison to towns like Kalibangan and cities like Rakhigarhi of IVC. This site is located on Sarasvati plain.[1]
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Historical significance
This small settlement (1 hectare) yielded Hakra ware at entry level. Houses were built on an artificially elevated place.[2]
Button seal
Discovery of a button seal during 1998-99 excavations by Archaeological Survey of India exhibit this culture's ancestry to the Rehman Dheri examples.[3] This seal contained picture of two deer on one side and geometrical pattern on other side, which is comparable to a specimen from Rehman-Dheri (Baluchistan), datable to c. 4000 BCE.[3]
Earliest pre-Harappan
This site is recognised as earliest Pre-Harappan site.[1]
Findings
Designs on pottery included pipal leaves (ficus religiosa) and humped bull[2] which were important motiffs found on Mature Harappan seals. Bone tools, micro blades made of chalcedony,copper fish hooks and arrow heads were also found here.[2] Six steatite seals and one shell seal with geometric patterns were found.[2] These six seals were of square shape, made of grey stone and resembled typical Mature Harappan seals.[1] Also found at this site are copper rods, rings, bangle pieces, terrecotta objects like bangles, balls, animal figurines,net-sinker, toy cart frames,disk and toys, stone balls, shell bangles etc.[3]
Hoards
Large Hoards of jewellery were found at this location, including two silver pieces called tiaras, gold ornaments, beads of semi precious stones etc.[2] Number of hoards found at this site included silver bangle, copper tools etc.[1]
Copper smelting
Excavations on south-west side of mound revealed copper furnaces with smelting material and copper ingots and slags were also found at this site.[3]
Rice
Rice (probably wild) is found from Kunal as well as from Balu, both in Haryana.[1]
See also
- Indus Valley Civilization
- List of Indus Valley Civilization sites
- List of inventions and discoveries of the Indus Valley Civilization
- Hydraulic engineering of the Indus Valley Civilization
- Banawali
- Jognakhera
- Balu, Haryana
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