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Ganeshwar

Pre-Harappan Chalcolithic village, Rajasthan

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Ganeshwar is a village in Neem Ka Thana district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Ganeshwar is 7.9 kilometres (4.9 mi) distance from Neem-Ka- Thana District, 66.4 kilometres (41.3 mi) from Sikar city and 83 kilometres (52 mi) from Jaipur. Excavations in the area revealed the remains of a 4,000-year-old civilization.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
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Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
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Early Modern Period
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Period I occupation

c. 3800 BCE

Period II metalworking begins

c. 2800 BCE

Period III production peak

c. 2000 BCE

Modern excavation

1977

Ganeshwar-Jodhpura culture timeframe

c. 2500–2000 BCE

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India

Coordinates

27.63° N, 75.88° E