A Study of the Harappan and Sorath Harappan Settlement Features At Pithad in Jamnagar District with Special Reference to other Harappan Settlements in Saurashtra, Gujarat
Synopsis The present study seeks to bring out a comprehensive picture of characteristic traits, origin and identity and extent of the Sorath Harappan settlements in Saurashtra. This is based primarily on a study of the Chalcolithic remains from Pithad (Jaidak) in Jamnagar district in conjunction with major excavated sites in Saurashtra. The main aim here is to investigate and elucidate the differences between the “Sorath Harappan” and “Sindhi Harappan ¹ ” or Classical Harappan characteristics at the site and its catchment area, which will aid in developing a proper understanding of the Sorath Harappan cultural entity within the larger frame of the Harappa culture. Archaeological investigations of Harappan sites in Saurashtra may be said to have begun systematically with the excavations at Rangpur by S. R. Rao in the 1950s and the establishment of the “Rangpur Sequence” (Rao 1963). It is significant because for the first time, it revealed direct stratigraphic relation of “Late Harap...