Rangpur, India


Rangpur is an ancient archaeological site near Vanala on Saurashtra peninsula in Gujarat, western India. Lying on the tip between the Gulf of Khambhat and Gulf of Kutch, it belongs to the period of the Indus Valley Civilization, and lies to the northwest of the larger site of Lothal. It is the type site for the Rangpur culture, a regional form of the late phase of the Indus Valley Civilization that existed in Gujarat during the 2nd millennium BCE.

Excavation

Trail Diggings were conducted by the Archeological Survey of India during 1931 led by M.S.Vats. Later, Ghurye, Dikshit and S. R. Rao excavated the site under ASI projects.
S.R.Rao has classified the deposits into four periods with three sub periods in Harappan Culture, Period II with an earlier Period, Microlithic and a Middle Paleolithic State with points, scrapers and blades of jasper.
The dates given by S.R.Rao are:
wood was used in Rangpur for construction, tools and furniture.

Artefacts found

Dishes with beaded rim and grooved shoulder, painted black - and redware and high-necked jars. Evidence of shell working found.Other artifacts found at the site include axes, beads of steatite and carnelian and Earthen wares.

Cultivation

Large quantity of plant remains were found at Rangpur. Bajra,
rice
and Millet were found.