Gilund — Mewar Ahar Settlement
Chalcolithic (3000–1700 BCE)·Ahar-Banas·🇮🇳 Rajasthan, India
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About Gilund — Mewar Ahar Settlement
Gilund — Mewar Ahar Settlement in Rajasthan, India is a Chalcolithic (3000–1700 BCE) tell attributed to Ahar-Banas. Double mound settlement with Ahar white-painted black-on-red and burned brick vitrification. Gilund double mound with 2003 seal impressions with unicorn (?) and Ahar pottery, burned brick.
Why it mattersKey Ahar-Banas reference site for the Rajasthan
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Rock-cut chronology
- 02Chalcolithic sequence refinement
Theories
- 01Mahayana mural transmission
- 02Harappan sherd seriation
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. 3000 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic (3000–1700 BCE)
- Culture
- Ahar-Banas
- Purpose
- Double mound settlement with Ahar white-painted black-on-red and burned brick vitrification
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Archaeological survey
On the ground
Structures & features
25.0200° N · 73.8800° E · 450 m · 3 mapped features
Gilund — Mewar Ahar Settlement — High Mound Summit
summitSummit citadel or temple platform
25.0201° N · 73.8801° EGilund — Mewar Ahar Settlement — Lower Town
lower townLower residential terraces
25.0198° N · 73.8802° EGilund — Mewar Ahar Settlement — Fortification Trace
wallFort wall or bastion trace
25.0204° N · 73.8798° E