Babar Kot

Babar Kot is an archeological site belonging to the Indus Valley Civilisation and is located in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, India. It is 325 km away from Ahmedabad and 152 km away from Bhavnagar and is located in Jafarabad taluka.

Excavation

Gregory Possehl, of University of Pennsylvania has undertaken a detailed study at this site as well as at Rojdi and Oriyo timbo.

Historical significance

This site is classified as belonging to the Late Harappan period and measures about 2.7 hectares; Babar Kot had a stone fortification wall.[1]

Plant findings

Findings from this site include plant remains of millets, gram[1] and bajra (pennisetum typhoideum) among other findings.[2] Furthermore, it is indicated that Bajra might have been present at this site during the third millennium BCE.[3] Babar kot provided evidence of two crops, one in summer and another during winter.[4]

See also

References
  1. Singh, Upinder (2008). A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India : from the Stone Age to the 12th century. New Delhi: Pearson Education. p. 222. ISBN 9788131711200.
  2. Agnihotri, V.K.(Ed.) (1981). Indian History. Mumbai: Allied Publishers. pp. A–82. ISBN 9788184245684.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  3. McIntosh, Jane R. (2008). The Ancient Indus Valley : New Perspectives. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 112. ISBN 9781576079072.
  4. Nicholas David, Carol Kramer (2001). Ethnoarchaeology in Action (Digitally repr., with corr. ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 132. ISBN 9780521667791.

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