BADOPA - ANCIENT MOUND
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The site located about 11 km to the north-east of Rang Mahal, is about 350 m in diameter rising with its flat top, about 4.5 m, above adjacent agricultural fields. Among the sherds collected from this mound, are those bearing coarse painted floral designs, besides fragments of miniature ball with careful relief ornamentation. The mound is a leading site of the Rang Mahal culture.
Notification No. | Act No. LXXI of 1951 dated 28.11.1951 |
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Ownership Status | Government |
Topographical Features | Situated in the dry bed of river Ghaggar. |
1 | A. Ghosh (ed.), An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology in 2 Volumes(New Delhi 1989); and |
2 | Urmila Sant, Terracotta Art of Rajasthan (New Delhi 1997). |
Locality | Tehsil | District | State |
Badopal | Pilibangan | Hanumangarh | Rajasthan |
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