Travelers coming on Lahore Tours, must go for Historical Tour to Harappa. The historic town of Harappa is situated about 35 kilometers southwest of Sahiwal near the former course of the Ravi River. Tourists will remember the Historical Tour to Harappa for a long time. Harappa is one of the famous Lahore Tourist Attractions.
History
Existing from about 3300 BCE until 1600 BCE, the ancient city of Harappa was the center of the Indus Valley civilization along with Mohenjo-Daro. The ancient Indus Valley civilization with a writing system, urban centers and expanded social and economic system, was rediscovered in the 1920s after excavations at Mohenjo-daro in Sindh near Sukkur and Harappa in west Punjab. The archaeological site at Harappa was partially damaged during the construction of the Lahore-Multan railroad in 1857.
Culture and Economy
Harappa civilization had urban culture. The agriculture and trade of the city were well- developed. According to the discovered cultural uniformity, it is clear that there was a centralized administration in Harappa.
Archaeology
Archaeological evidence is the chief source to know about Harappa's glorious past. The site at Harappa was first excavated by Sir Alexander Cunningham in 1872-73. The first extensive excavations at Harappa were started by Rai Bahadur Daya Ram Sahni in 1920. After independence, Harappa was excavated by Mohammed Rafique Mughal of the Archaeological Survey of Pakistan in 1966.
In 1986, the first systematic and multi-disciplinary excavations were started by the Harappa Archaeological Project (HARP), under the leadership of George F. Dales and J. Mark Kenoyer.
Harappa, the type-site of the Indus civilization, is a large village in the Montgomery District of Punjab at present.
Although Harappa continues to be the main center of historical debate, further archaeological explanations may reveal the authenticity in the historical records of Harappa.
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