Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Northern Annex
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE)·Harappan·🇮🇳 Gujarat, Ahmedabad, India
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About Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Northern Annex
Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Northern 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 9 × 4 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 22.5354N 72.2423E 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
- 01Nature of burial rites and population
- 02Landscape function
Theories
- 01Tribal capital and ritual aggregation
- 02Seasonal gathering locus
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
- Excavated
c. 2400 BCE
Initial construction of Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Northern Annex main structure
c. 1142 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Northern Annex
1985–2018
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Northern Annex) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
22.5354° N · 72.2423° E · 22 m · 3 mapped features
Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Northern Annex — Main Hydraulic Feature
enclosurePrimary enclosure at Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Northern Annex — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
22.5371° N · 72.2409° ELothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Northern Annex — Secondary Enclosure
rock artAncillary rock art at Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Northern Annex — platform mound with stratified deposits
22.5338° N · 72.2404° ELothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Northern Annex — Outlier Rock Art Panel
hydraulicOutlier hydraulic panel linked to Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Northern Annex ceremonial landscape
22.5353° N · 72.2422° E