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Dholavira

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For this one I am going to dive right in. I simply loved the place. If you are fascinated by history you would too. Top View Dholavira is an archaeological site in the Bhachau taluka of Kutch District in Gujarat. < Yes I also visited the super famous Rann of Kucth and will write about it :) > Dholavira is one the five most prominent excavation sites of the Indus valley civilization. To give a context, till now the most famous ones have been the Harappa site and the Mohenjo- daro site, both are in the Punjab district of Pakistan. The site of Dholavira is located at a distance of 50 kms from the Pakistan border.  It was excavated in the 1960s by Professor J P Joshi. The Harappa and Mohenjo - daro sites had been known for much longer to the mankind and hence way more famous. So far most of us have assumed that the earliest civilizations were settled along side the Indus river < how both Harrapa and Mohenjo - Darro are placed > but with the excavation of Dholavira, we