Sotha is a village in
Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...
, India.
Demography
In 2011, it had 334 families with a population of 1716.
[census 2011, Sothi in Hisar]
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Location
The neolithic Sothi (archaeology)
Sothi is an early archaeological site of the Indus Valley civilization dating to around 4600BCE, located in the Hanumangarh District of Rajasthan, India, at a distance of about 10 km southwest of Nohar railway station.
Excavations
First discove ...
site is located near Nohar in Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...
, about 120 km west-south-west of Sothi.
The important archaeological site of Rakhigarhi
Rakhigarhi or Rakhi Garhi is a village and an archaeological site belonging to the Indus Valley civilisation in Hisar District of the northern Indian state of Haryana, situated about 150 km northwest of Delhi. It was part of the mature ph ...
is located about 30 km south.
Indus Valley Civilisation archaeology
Within 5 km to 10 km radius of Rakhigarhi are early, mature and late Harappan sites. To the north-west of Rakhigarhi are Panhari, Gyanpura, Kagsar, and Sulchani. South-west of Rakhigarhi are Sisai, Hisar
Sisai is village situated from Hansi tehsil in Hisar district in the Indian state of Haryana. The village was established by "Shisram Kaliraman"on whose name the village is named "Sisai". Chaudhary Sishram came from Patan (पाटन) vill ...
, Rajpura, Narnaund, Pali
Pali () is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language native to the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of the Buddhist ''Pāli Canon'' or ''Tipiṭaka'' as well as the sacred language of ''Theravāda'' Buddhism ...
and Masudpur
Masudpur is a village and Indus Valley civilization (4700 BCE to 1400 BCE) archaeological site in the Hisar district in Haryana state in India.
Indus Valley Civilization Site
''Masudpur'' is an early Harappan (4600 BCE - 2800 BCE), mature ...
.
Drishadvati River
Siswal
Siswal is a village in Hisar district, Haryana, India. It located 28 km from Hisar city. It is a site of Chalcolithic age. It is a typesite for ''Siswal culture'', dating from around 3800 BC, also known as Sothi–Siswal culture.
Location
The ...
is located about 70 km to the south-west, in the valley of the prehistoric Drishadvati River
The Drishadvati river (IAST:, "She with many stones") is a river hypothesized by Indologists to identify the route of the Vedic river Saraswati and the state of ''Brahmavarta''. According to ''Manusmriti'', the ''Brahmavarta'', where the Rishis co ...
. The site of Rakhigarhi
Rakhigarhi or Rakhi Garhi is a village and an archaeological site belonging to the Indus Valley civilisation in Hisar District of the northern Indian state of Haryana, situated about 150 km northwest of Delhi. It was part of the mature ph ...
is likewise located in the valley of Drishadvati.[Jane McIntosh]
''The Ancient Indus Valley: New Perspectives.''
Understanding ancient civilizations. ABC-CLIO, 2008
p76
References
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Cities and towns in Hisar district