Karanpura
Early to Mature Harappan (c.3300–1900 BCE)·Harappan·🇮🇳 Rajasthan, Hanumangarh District, on ancient Drishadvati (Chautang), India
About
About Karanpura
Harappan settlement 60 km west of Hisar and 6 km west of Bhadra on Drishadvati (Chautang), excavated 2012–14 by ASI Excavation Branch-II. Early Harappan fortified mudbrick town with 0.8 m wall expands to Mature Harappan planned streets, exposing terracotta cakes, female figurine, steatite seal and unique child skeleton beneath Harappan floors near Kalibangan cluster.
Why it mattersSaraswati Drishadvati corridor bridging Hisar–Kalibangan Hakra ceramics and urban expansion.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Why Drishadvati towns (Karanpura, Banawali, Rakhigarhi) share Hakra–Kalibangan ceramics?
Theories
- 01Saraswati paleochannel urban corridor: Ghaggar-Hakra-Chautang alignment
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.3300 BCE
- Period
- Early to Mature Harappan (c.3300–1900 BCE)
- Culture
- Harappan
- Builders
- Harappan urbanists
- Purpose
- Drishadvati riverine town linking Hisar to Kalibangan
- Abandoned
- c.1900 BCE
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c.3300 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1050 CE
Major expansion
On the ground
Structures & features
29.1018° N · 75.0920° E · 197 m · 2 mapped features
Early Harappan fortified core
citadel0.8 m mudbrick wall and bastions around early town
29.1021° N · 75.0918° EMature Harappan residential grid
settlementOrthogonal houses, terracotta female figurine and seal
29.1015° N · 75.0922° E