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Jorwe
19.5439° N, 74.2762° E
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Jorwe (also spelled Jorve) is a village and an archaeological site located on the Pravara, a tributary of the Godavari River in Sangamner taluka of Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra state in India. This site was excavated in 1950-51 under the direction of Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia and Shantaram Bhalchandra Deo.
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Jorwe culture prominence
c. 1500 BCE
Excavation of Jorwe
1950–51
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