Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Southern Extension
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE)·Harappan·🇮🇳 Gujarat, Kutch, India
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About Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Southern Extension
Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Southern Extension in Gujarat, Kutch, India is a Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE) hydraulic attributed to Harappan. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal chamber 9 × 6 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 23.8783N 70.2145E controls access to Gujarat, Kutch resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey hydraulic for Gujarat, Kutch, illustrating Harappan construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Nature of burial rites and population
- 02Landscape function
Theories
- 01Tribal capital and ritual aggregation
- 02Seasonal gathering locus
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. 2400 BCE
- Period
- Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE)
- Culture
- Harappan
- Purpose
- Water management and storage for settlement and agriculture
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 2400 BCE
Initial construction of Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Southern Extension main structure
c. 897 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Southern Extension
1970–2011
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Southern Extension) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
23.8783° N · 70.2145° E · 26 m · 4 mapped features
Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Southern Extension — Main Hydraulic Feature
reservoirPrimary reservoir at Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Southern Extension — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
23.8792° N · 70.2153° EDholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Southern Extension — Secondary Enclosure
moundAncillary mound at Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Southern Extension — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits
23.8794° N · 70.2165° EDholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Southern Extension — Outlier Rock Art Panel
dromosOutlier dromos panel linked to Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Southern Extension ceremonial landscape
23.8786° N · 70.2146° EDholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Southern Extension — Hydraulic/Cistern Annex
structureHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir at Dholavira Bailey Reservoir North Embankment Annex — Southern Extension with plastered basin
23.8785° N · 70.2144° E