Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE)·Harappan·🇮🇳 Gujarat, Ahmedabad, India
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About Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex
Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex in Gujarat, Ahmedabad, 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 enclosure 12 × 2 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 22.5369N 72.2538E controls access to Gujarat, Ahmedabad 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, Ahmedabad, illustrating Harappan construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Scale of population vs agricultural catchment
- 02Ritual vs domestic use
Theories
- 01Ancestral burial reuse over centuries
- 02Astronomical alignment hypothesis
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
- Partially excavated
c. 2400 BCE
Initial construction of Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex main structure
c. 953 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex
1990–2018
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
22.5369° N · 72.2538° E · 31 m · 4 mapped features
- Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Main Hydraulic FeaturestructurePrimary structure at Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits22.5352° N · 72.2543° E
- Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Secondary EnclosureenclosureAncillary enclosure at Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — burial gallery with stratified deposits22.5368° N · 72.2555° E
- Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Outlier Rock Art Panelrock artOutlier rock_art panel linked to Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex ceremonial landscape22.5380° N · 72.2546° E
- Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Hydraulic/Cistern AnnexhydraulicHydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir at Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex with plastered basin22.5355° N · 72.2531° E