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Lothal
is
believed
to
be
3,700
years
old
and
is
the
only
major
port-town
of
the
IVC,
discovered
so
far.
Remarkably,
Lothal
is
home
to
what
is
believed
to
be
one
of
the
oldest
docks
in
the
world.
First
discovered
in
1954,
Lothal
was
excavated
from
1955-1960
by
S
R
Rao
of
the
Archaeological
Survey
of
India.
Interestingly,
the
name
‘Lothal’
comes
from
the
local
name
of
the
place,
roughly
translated
to
‘Mound
of
the
Dead’
in
Gujarati;
Mohenjo-daro,
670
km
from
Lothal,
means
the
same
in
Sindhi.
The
site
itself
is
small,
at
7
hectares,
and
is
18
times
smaller
than
Mohenjo-daro.
It
displays
many
of
the
features
that
make
the
Harappan
Civilization
distinct,
like
the
division
of
the
town
into
two
sections
–
the
Upper
Town
and
Lower
Town
–
and
advanced
town
planning.
What
really
sets
Lothal
apart
is
its
dock.
At
the
northern
end
of
the
town
is
a
basin
with
a
vertical
wall,
an
inlet
and
outlet
channels.
This
has
been
identified
as
a
‘tidal
dockyard’.
The
basin
exhibits
a
remarkable
knowledge
of
hydraulics
and
tides,
which
further
supports
the
assumption
that
this
was
a
dock
and
not
an
irrigation
tank,
as
some
archaeologists
contend.
Archaeologists
have
also
identified
the
remains
of
stone
anchors,
marine
shells
and
seals,
which
can
be
traced
to
the
Persian
Gulf.
These,
along
with
a
structure
identified
as
a
warehouse,
strongly
suggest
that
Lothal
was
a
port
with
a
dock.
DidYouKnow:
Lothal
is
one
of
the
many
sites
in
Gujarat.
During
the
exploration
in
1950s
by
the
Archaeological
Survey
of
India,
many
sites
were
found
strewn
across
Delhi,
Rajasthan,
Haryana
and
Gujarat,
and
50
of
them
were
concentrated
in
Gujarat
alone!
#worldheritage
#indiantourism
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