India

Loteshwar

Indus Valley archaeological site, Mesolithic–Chalcolithic Gujarat

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Loteshwar is a village and an archaeological site belonging to Indus Valley civilisation located at Patan district, Gujarat, India. This site is locally also known as Khari-no-timbo and located on a high sand dune on left bank of Khari river, a tributary of Rupen river.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
Contemporary Period
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Mesolithic evidence (radiocarbon)

c. 8000 BCE

1990-91 excavation

1990-91

2009 fieldwork

2009

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Temples
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Domestic and Habitation Structures

Villages
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Country

India

Coordinates

23.60° N, 71.83° E