Historical place profile
Dholavira
Dholavira was a settlement connected with the Indus Valley Civilization. Covering some 47 ha (120 acres), the city was occupied from ca. 2650 BCE until ca. 1800 BCE. It is possible that occupation began as early as 3500 BCE, however.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:590230980
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:590230980
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 23.888698, 70.213499
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Dholavira was a settlement connected with the Indus Valley Civilization. Covering some 47 ha (120 acres), the city was occupied from ca. 2650 BCE until ca. 1800 BCE. It is possible that occupation began as early as 3500 BCE, however.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Pleiades
Source and reuse
This profile derives from the Pleiades current GIS record, licensed CC BY 3.0. Pleiades place record The profile preserves the source name, point, type, description, precision and provenance without silently adding a boundary reconstruction.
Research path
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