Bhirrana
Bhirrana, also Bhirdana and Birhana, (IAST: Bhirḍāna) is an archaeological site, located in a small village in the Fatehabad district of the north Indian state of Haryana. Bhirrana's earliest archaeological layers predates the Indus Valley civilisation times, dating to the 8th-7th millennium BCE. The site is one of the many sites seen along the channels of the seasonal Ghaggar river, thought by some to be the Rigvedic Saraswati river.
Shown within Haryana Bhirrana (India) | |
| Location | Haryana, India |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 29°33′15″N 75°32′55″E |
| Length | 190 m (620 ft) |
| Width | 240 m (790 ft) |
| History | |
| Founded | Approximately 8th-7th m. BCE |
| Abandoned | Approximately 2600 BCE |
| Periods | Hakra Wares to Mature Harappan |
| Cultures | Hakra Ware culture, Indus Valley civilization |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 2003–2006 |
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