Verified22.8500° N · 70.5000° E · 10 m
Kuntasi — Phulki River Harappan Port
Mature Harappan (2200–1900 BCE)·Harappan·🇮🇳 Gujarat, India
About
About Kuntasi — Phulki River Harappan Port
Kuntasi — Phulki River Harappan Port in Gujarat, India is a Mature Harappan (2200–1900 BCE) tell attributed to Harappan. Harappan port jetty 200 m with stone anchor and warehouses on Phulki creek. Kuntasi Harappan jetty 200 m with iron (?) later Lunate.
Why it mattersKey Harappan or megalithic pastoral site defining Deccan trajectory
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chalcolithic–Harappan chronology
- 02Ash mound pastoralism model
Theories
- 01Water management
- 02Pastoral cattle cult
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. 2200 BCE
- Period
- Mature Harappan (2200–1900 BCE)
- Culture
- Harappan
- Purpose
- Harappan port jetty 200 m with stone anchor and warehouses on Phulki creek
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 2200 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1900 CE
Archaeological survey
On the ground
Structures & features
22.8500° N · 70.5000° E · 10 m · 4 mapped features
Kuntasi — Phulki River Harappan Port — Citadel Mound
citadelCitadel summit
22.8501° N · 70.5001° EKuntasi — Phulki River Harappan Port — Town Enclosure
wallsTown walls
22.8498° N · 70.5002° EKuntasi — Phulki River Harappan Port — Craft Workshop Terrace
workshopWorkshop area
22.8504° N · 70.4998° EKuntasi — Phulki River Harappan Port — Outlier Cairn
cairnSmall outlier mound
22.8496° N · 70.4999° E