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Navdatoli

Chalcolithic riverside village in Madhya Pradesh, India

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Navdatoli is the name of a modern day village, but can also refer to a chalcolithic era settlement located on the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh in central India. The ancient village was inhabited through four temporal stages, each defined by distinct types of pottery. The site was originally excavated between 1957 and 1959 over two seasons. Both the village and the site are located roughly a mile south of the modern day town of Maheshwar.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
Contemporary Period
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Initial occupation

2nd millennium BCE

Regional Buddhism prominence

2nd century BCE

Excavations (Mound IV)

1957–1959

Excavations (Mounds I–III)

1957–1958

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Artificial Mounds
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Hearths
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Country

India

Coordinates

22.16° N, 75.58° E