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Balathal

Ahar-Banas Chalcolithic settlement, 3000–1500 BCE

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Balathal is an archaeological site located in Vallabhnagar tehsil of Udaipur district of Rajasthan state in western India. It is one of the ninety Ahar-Banas culture sites located in the Basins of the Banas river and its tributaries.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
Contemporary Period
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Long abandonment

c. 500–200 BCE

Initial discovery

1962–63

Major excavations

1994–2000

Leprosy evidence burial

2500–2000 BCE

Chalcolithic occupation

3000–1500 BCE

Meditating yogi skeleton

c. 2700 years ago

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Defensive Structures

Defensive Walls
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Animal Husbandry Features

Animal Pens
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Burial and Funerary Structures

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Industrial and Craft Structures

Workshops
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Agricultural and Land Use Features

Field Systems
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Country

India

Coordinates

24.72° N, 73.98° E