Sisai is a village situated from

Hansi Hansi, is a city and municipal council in Hisar district in the Indian state of Haryana. It appears that at one time Hansi was larger, more prosperous and more important than Hisar. The town has several important buildings of archeological impor ...

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...

Hisar district Hisar district is one of the 22 districts of Haryana, India. Hisar city serves as the district headquarters. Hisar district has four sub-divisions that is, Hisar, Barwala, Hansi and Narnaud, each headed by an SDM. The district is also part of ...

in the Indian state of

Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

. The village was established by "Shisram Kaliraman "on whose name the village is named "Sisai". It is a prominent village of Kaliraman

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and serves as headquarters of Akhil Bharatiya Kaliraman Khap. Kaliraman and Sihag are the gotras of

in this village.There are two panas in this village, Sisai Kaliraman and Sisai Bola. Master Chandgi Ram Pehlwan ( Hind Kesari) also belonged to this village. It is the largest village not having a police station. Altius and eklvya public schools are proceeding towards making this village "wrestling Hub".

Demography

The village is the biggest in

in term of population and is divided into the two panchayats of Sisai Kaliramana and sihag bolan. The village comes under

Narnaund Narnaund is an emerging city on Hansi–Chandigarh highway, a municipal committee and Narnaund (Vidhan Sabha constituency), in Hisar district in the Indian state of Haryana. The city Hansi is approximately 22 km away and another city Jind ...

Vidhan Sabha Constituency.

Location

Nearby villages include Bara, Dhanipal, Mahjot, Masudpur, Datta, Gangan Kheri, Madha, Rajpura, Dhani Kumaran, Moth Rangdan, and Lohari Ragho, saini pura. Sisai has a government run English medium school model sanskriti Sr. Sec. and is part of the

Hisar Hissar () means fort or castle in Arabic, with variants adopted into Persian (hesar, hessar) and Turkish (hisar). Hissar, Hisar and Hesar may refer to: Places Asia (South and Central) India *Hisar (city), a city in Haryana **Hisar Airport in Hi ...

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constituency.

Indus Valley Civilization Site

Sisai is an

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 ...

site with three mounds Sisai 1, Sisai 2 and Sisai 2. Bolstering the status of Rakhigarhi as the largest

metropolis on the banks of Drishadvati river (current day paleochannel of

Chautang The Chautang is a seasonal river, originating in the Sivalik Hills, in the Indian state of Haryana. The Chautang River is a tributary of the Sarsuti river which in turn is a tributary of the Ghaggar river. Origin and route The Chautang river ...

), at least 23 other Indus Valley Civilization sites within 5 km (at 4 sites), 10 km (at least 10 sites) and 15 km (at least 9 sites) radius of Rakhigarhi have been discovered till 2001. Some of the raw materials were procured from the nodal ''Rakhigarhi'' site and finished products were brought back to the nodal ''Rakhigarhi'' site for marketing.ASI Rakhigarhi Excavation Report for 1997-98 and 199-2001 excavations, Author: Dr. Amrendra Nath, Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India, Published: 2004
/ref> Within 5 km radius are early Harappan (4600 BCE - 2800 BCE) site of Gamra and mature Harappan (2600 BCE - 1400 BCE) sites of Budana, Haibatpur and Lohari Ragho 3. Within 5 km to 10 km radius, early Harappan sites are Lohari Ragho 1 Lohari Ragho 2 and Kheri Lochab- Kheri Jalab. Mature Harappan small farmstead sites are Milakpur and Gunkali. Small farmstead sites of Kinnar,

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and Mirchpur have material from both mature and late Harappan period. late Harappan (after 1400 BCE) sites are Sotha and Gandaswala Khera. Within 5 km to 10 km radius are early, mature and late Harrpan sites. To the north-west of Rakhigarhi are Panhari, Gyanpura, Sotha, Kagsar, Sulchani and south-west of Rakhigarhi are Sisai 1, 2 and 3, Rajpura 2,

Pali Pāli (, IAST: pāl̤i) is a Classical languages of India, classical Middle Indo-Aryan languages, Middle Indo-Aryan language of the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of the Buddhist ''Pali Canon, Pāli Can ...

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 ...

References

Indus Valley Civilisation sites Pre-Indus Valley civilisation sites Archaeological sites in Haryana Villages in Hisar district {{Haryana-geo-stub

Demography

Location

Indus Valley Civilization Site

See also

References