Kotla Nihang Khan

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Kotla Nihang Khan (Hindi: कोटला निहंगखान, Gurmukhi: ਕੋਟਲਾ ਨਿਹੰਗ ਖ਼ਾਨ, Shahmukhi: کوٹلہ نهنگ خاں) is a town located about 3 kilometers southeast of Ropar city in Punjab, India. It is a site of Indus Valley Civilization. [1][2]

Location

History

It is famed as the erstwhile principality of the seventeenth-century Pathan zamindar ruler, Nihang Khan, who was an associate of the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh.[2]

Site of Indus Valley Civilization

Kotla Nihang Khan is also a major archeological site associated with the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilization, dating to the 3300-1300 BCE period. Several underground structures, including a furnace dating to the Bronze Age, were unearthed here.[3] Kotla Nihang Khan's initial settlement has been dated to 2200 BCE based on analysis of excavated artifacts.[4] The excavated area here shows two distinct sectors: an eastern sector where pottery remains are indicative of Urban Harappan Culture, and a western sector where Urban Harappan artifacts are found mixed with Bara Ware. This is believed to indicate coexistence or a transition between the original Harappan inhabitants and the later Baran settlers at the settlement.[5]

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References

  1. Radiocarbon and Indian archaeology, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 1973
  2. Surjit Singh Gandhi, History of Sikh Gurus Retold: 1606-1708 C, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, 2007, ISBN 978-81-269-0858-5
  3. Shashi Asthana, Pre-Harappan cultures of India and the borderlands, Books & Books, 1985, ISBN 978-81-85016-13-9, "."
  4. Mohindar Singh Randhawa, A history of agriculture in India, Volume 1A History of Agriculture in India, Mohindar Singh Randhawa, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, 1980, "."
  5. Shadaksharappa Settar, Ravi Korisettar, Indian Archaeology in Retrospect: Prehistory, archaeology of South Asia, Indian Council of Historical Research, 2002, ISBN 978-81-7304-319-2, "."

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