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Farmana
29.0667° N, 76.5667° E
About
Farmana Khas or Daksh Khera is an archaeological site in Meham block of Rohtak district in northern Indian state of Haryana spread over 18.5 hectares. It is located near the village of Farmana Khas, about 15 kilometers from the Rohtak-Hissar highway and 60 kilometres from Delhi. It is significant particularly for its burial site, with 70 burials, of the Mature Harappan period (2500–2000 BC) and fairly recent addition (excavation started during 2006) to Indus Valley civilisation sites excavated in India.
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Dental enamel and isotopic analysis (four-thousand-year-old teeth)
c. 2000 BCE
Excavations begin
2006
Scientific testing announced
March 2009
Mature Harappan occupation
2500–2000 BC
Archaeological Features
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Storage Structures
Burial and Funerary Structures
Artistic and Decorative Features
Domestic and Habitation Structures
Environmental and Natural Features
Food Production and Processing Features
Transportation and Communication Structures
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