DHOKAL - ANCIENT MOUND
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Twin mounds locally known as Ekkal-Dhokal are now badly disturbed. The mounds yielded coarse red ware having black painted designs, belonging to the Rang Mahal culture. A spouted handi with broken base having red slip and devoid of painting and a lota in dull red ware are other finds. Antiquities include a terracotta sealing, shell bangles and terracotta sling balls.
Notification No. | Act No. LXXI of 1951 dated 28.11.1951 |
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Ownership Status | Government |
Topographical Features | Situated on the dry bed of the river Ghaggar. |
1 | A. Ghosh, An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology in 2 Volumes(New Delhi 1989);and |
2 | S.P. Gupta(ed.), An Archaeological Tour Along the Ghaggar-Hakra River, by Sir Aurel Stein (Meerut 1989). |
Locality | Tehsil | District | State |
Dhokal | Hanumangarh Town | Hanumangarh | Rajasthan |
District