Kunal — Pre-Harappan Treasure Mound
Pre-Harappan Hakra to Early Harappan (3500–2500 BCE)·Kunal–Hakra ware·🇮🇳 Haryana, India
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About Kunal — Pre-Harappan Treasure Mound
Kunal — Pre-Harappan Treasure Mound in Haryana, India is a Pre-Harappan Hakra to Early Harappan (3500–2500 BCE) tell attributed to Kunal–Hakra ware. Mound with Hakra ware and 12,000 gold and silver treasure hoard earliest Harappan gold. Kunal 3500 BCE Hakra–Kunal pottery with gold hoard 12000 beads, earliest Harappan precursor to Mohenjodaro.
Why it mattersKey Kunal–Hakra ware reference site for the Haryana
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. 3500 BCE
- Period
- Pre-Harappan Hakra to Early Harappan (3500–2500 BCE)
- Culture
- Kunal–Hakra ware
- Purpose
- Mound with Hakra ware and 12,000 gold and silver treasure hoard earliest Harappan gold
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 3500 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Archaeological survey
On the ground
Structures & features
29.6500° N · 75.6200° E · 210 m · 4 mapped features
- Kunal — Pre-Harappan Treasure Mound — High Mound SummitsummitSummit citadel or temple platform29.6501° N · 75.6201° E
- Kunal — Pre-Harappan Treasure Mound — Lower Townlower townLower residential terraces29.6498° N · 75.6202° E
- Kunal — Pre-Harappan Treasure Mound — Fortification TracewallFort wall or bastion trace29.6504° N · 75.6198° E
- Kunal — Pre-Harappan Treasure Mound — Reservoir TanktankRock-cut reservoir or tank29.6496° N · 75.6199° E