At which of the following place in the Haryana state, does during a recent excavation process, remains of Indus Valley Civilisation were identified?

Option 2 : Tigrana

The correct answer is Tigrana.

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• Tigrana is a Village in Bhiwani District of Haryana State,India.
• It is also an Indus Valley Civilization (IVC) archaeological site.
• The major discoveries found during the ongoing (2021) excavation at Tigdana Kheda are as follows:
  • Houses made of raw bricks have been found here. 
  • A house has got two small rooms, courtyard, one big room, kitchen with gallery etc. 
  • Bricks of 10, 20 and 34 cm have been found. 
  • Here mainly thali, bowl, matka, bella and other kitchen utensils have also been found in the pottery. Very attractive paintings have been made on these utensils. 
  • Evidence of painting of paddy plant on pots has also been found.
  • Copper metal, semi-precious stones like agate, carnelian, sodalite, statite, faience etc. have been found here.
  • Carnelian is found in Khambhat Bay of Gujarat. This proves that the people here also had business with Gujarat.

• The Haryana state government has decided to rename the Indus Valley civilization as Sarasvati river civilisation.
• The largest Harappan site Rakhigarhi and the oldest Bhirrana are both in Haryana.
• The state government is restarting excavation at Kunal in Fatehabad district.
• There are 1097 sites in India associated with the Indus Valley civilisation, while in Pakistan there are only 70 to 80 sites.