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Kalibangān is a prehistoric site at 29°28′N 74°08′E / 29.47°N 74.13°E / 29.47; 74.13 in Rajasthan. It is on the left or southern banks of the Ghaggar (Ghaggar-Hakra River), India. It is on a triangle-shaped piece of land at the confluence of Drishadvati and Sarasvathi Rivers. A report on the excavations at the site were published in 2003 by the Archaeological Survey of India, 34 years after the completion of excavations. The report said that Kalibangan was a major provincial capital in the Indus Valley. Discoveries at Kalibangan include unique fire altars and world's earliest known ploughed field. There is also evidence of two types of burials, namely circular graves and rectangular graves.

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  • Kalibangan pre-Harappan structures

    Kalibangan pre-Harappan structures

  • Kalibangan pre-Harappan structural strata

    Kalibangan pre-Harappan structural strata

  • Kalibangan pre-Harappan painted pottery

    Kalibangan pre-Harappan painted pottery

  • Kalibanga

    Ruins of Kalibanga. Brick wall can be seen in the hole in the centre.

  • Kalibangan Harappan seals

    Kalibangan Harappan seals

  • Kalibangan 2 Main street

    Kalibangan 2, Main street

  • Kalibangan arterial thoroughfare, Harappan

    Kalibangan arterial thoroughfare, Harappan

  • Kalibangan cylinder seal (impression)

    Kalibangan cylinder seal

  • Street of the dead

    The passage to the graveyard

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Kalibangan para niños

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