Rakhigarhi — Mound 4 Buried Citadel (Haryana, India)
Rakhigarhi Citadel N
Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE)·Bronze Age·🇮🇳 Haryana, Hisar, Rakhigarhi, India
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About Rakhigarhi — Mound 4 Buried Citadel (Haryana, India)
Rakhigarhi — Mound 4 Buried Citadel (Haryana, India) in Haryana, Hisar, Rakhigarhi, India is a Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE) buried city attributed to Bronze Age. Systematic survey and magnetometry document ceramic seriation. The site includes a principal enclosure and domestic quarter. Dimensions insula 28 × 42 m; street grid 120 m × 90 m; area 29.2 ha. Excavation buried; condition buried under 2–5 m alluvium/colluvium. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Bronze Age buried-city with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 210 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction technique
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Elite residence 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. 3000 BCE
- Period
- Neolithic to Bronze Age (6000–1200 BCE)
- Culture
- Bronze Age
- Purpose
- Buried urban quarter under later deposits
- Rediscovered
- 1922
- Excavation
- Buried
c. 3000 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 899 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1933
Modern rediscovery and excavation
On the ground
Structures & features
29.2900° N · 76.1300° E · 210 m · 4 mapped features
- Buried Insula NorthinsulaBuried Insula North at Rakhigarhi — Mound 4 Buried Citadel (Haryana, India) — insula with stratified deposits29.2883° N · 76.1302° E
- Street Grid SectorstreetStreet Grid Sector at Rakhigarhi — Mound 4 Buried Citadel (Haryana, India) — street with stratified deposits29.2888° N · 76.1321° E
- Workshop TerraceworkshopWorkshop Terrace at Rakhigarhi — Mound 4 Buried Citadel (Haryana, India) — workshop with stratified deposits29.2875° N · 76.1278° E
- Rampart SegmentrampartRampart Segment at Rakhigarhi — Mound 4 Buried Citadel (Haryana, India) — rampart with stratified deposits29.2918° N · 76.1288° E
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