Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Southern Extension
Harappan Mature (2600-1900 BCE)·Harappan·🇮🇳 Gujarat, Ahmedabad, India
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About Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Southern Extension
Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Southern Extension 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 citadel 12 × 6 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 22.5329N 72.2418E 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
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
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 — Southern Extension main structure
c. 1164 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Southern Extension
1963–2016
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Southern Extension) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
22.5329° N · 72.2418° E · 20 m · 3 mapped features
- Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Southern Extension — Main Hydraulic Featurerock artPrimary rock art at Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Southern Extension — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits22.5311° N · 72.2411° E
- Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Southern Extension — Secondary EnclosurehydraulicAncillary hydraulic at Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Southern Extension — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits22.5318° N · 72.2415° E
- Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Southern Extension — Outlier Rock Art PanelnecropolisOutlier necropolis panel linked to Lothal Dockyard Eastern Warehouse Annex — Southern Extension ceremonial landscape22.5336° N · 72.2436° E