Manda is a village and an archaeological site in the
Jammu district of the
Union Territory of
Jammu and Kashmir, India. It was excavated by
Archaeological Survey of India during 1976-77 by
J. P. Joshi. The site contains ruins of an ancient
Indus Valley civilization
The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form from 2600 BCE ...
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[Indian Archaeology 1976-77, A Review. Archeologival Survey of India, New Delhi.1980. Page 19-21]
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Excavation
Excavation at Manda revealed a 9.20 m deposit with threefold sequence with two sub periods in Period I. Period II has early historical pottery of types comparable with those of same period from Northern part of India and period III is represented by Kushan antiquities and house walls with 3 m wide street.
After the Kushan period, the site seems to have been deserted.
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Historical significance
Manda is situated on the right bank of Chenab River in the foothills of Pir Panjal range, 28 km northwest of Jammu, and was considered the northernmost limit of the Harappan civilisation.Indus Valley civilisation
The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the Northwestern South Asia, northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 Common Era, BCE to 1300 BCE, and in i ...
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It is considered a site established to procure wood from Himalayan Sub hills and send it downriver to other towns of the Indus Valley Civilisation.[McIntosh, Jane.(2008) The Ancient Indus Valley, New Perspectives. ABC-CLIO.Page 209,412]
Artefacts
Pre Harappan Red ware (15%-25%) Harappan Red ware, including jars, dishes, dishes-on-stand, beakers, goblets etc. and copper double spiral headed spin (having west Asian affinity), tangled bone arrow-heads, terracotta bangles, cakes, chert blade etc.[
Significant finds include potsherds bearing incised Harappan Script and one unfinished seal.]
Further scope
Due to the restricted nature of the dig undertaken, no specific structures could be exposed, except a collapsed rubble wall-like structure.[
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See also
* Indus Valley civilization
The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form from 2600 BCE ...
* List of Indus Valley Civilization sites
* Sutkagan Dor
* Alamgirpur
* Daimabad
References
External links
Map of Indus Valley Civilisation site
{{Jammu district
Archaeological sites in Jammu and Kashmir
Archaeological sites in India
Indus Valley Civilisation sites
Villages in Jammu district