Bara, Punjab
Bara is a village in Rupnagar District in Punjab, India. The village has mainly two Jatt Sikh surnames Chakkal and Heer and lies on the Rupnagar-Morinda Road at the left bank of a seasonal monsoon rivulet called Budki Nadi, about four kilometers south-west of the city Ropar and 40 km (25 mi) northeast of Chandigarh on National Highway 205 (India) (NH-205). [1] Bara is the site of significant archeological excavations connected with the Indus Valley Civilization.[2] It has some evidence of being home to a culture (sometimes called Baran Culture) that was a pre-Harappan strand of the Indus Valley Civilization.[2] Baran and Harappan cultures may have intertwined and coexisted in some places, such as Kotla Nihang Khan, also in modern-day Punjab.[3]
Bara | |
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Village and an archeological site | |
 View of archeological site Bara | |
  Bara Location in Punjab, India  Bara Bara (India) | |
| Coordinates: 30.9167°N 76.5208°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Rupnagar |
| Established | 19th Century (2000 BCE) |
| Government | |
| • Body | Panchayat |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,500 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Telephone Code | +91-1881 |
| Vehicle registration | PB 12 & PB 71 |
| Nearest Cities | Rupnagar, Chamkaur Sahib, Morinda |
| Lok Sabha Constituency | Anandpur Sahib (Sl. Number : 49) |
| Vidhan Sabha Constituency | Chamkaur Sahib (Sl. Number : 51) |
| Civic Agency | Panchayat |
| Climate | Extreme hot in summers & extreme cold in winters (Köppen) |
See also
- Kotla Nihang Khan
- Bara culture or Baran Culture
- Siswal
- Chamkaur Sahib
- Chandigarh - Tri-city
- Kurali
- Mohali
References
- K.D. Bajpai; Rasesh Jamindar; P. K. Trivedi; Ramanlal Nagarji Mehta (2000), Gleanings of Indian archaeology, history, and culture, Publication Scheme, 2000, ISBN 978-81-86782-64-4,
... Bara lies on the left bank of a monsoon rivulet known as Budki Nadi and is four kilometers southwest of Rupar. It is more known for Bara culture than the Mature phase of Harappa culture ...
- Romila Thapar (1978), Ancient Indian Social History: Some Interpretations, Orient Blackswan, 1978, ISBN 978-81-250-0808-8,
... there appears to be a continuity of pre-Harappan cultures into the second millennium B.C. at sites in the Sutlej valley and the upper Saraswati (e.g. Bara and Siswal A) ...
- Shadaksharappa Settar; Ravi Korisettar (1 January 2002), Indian Archaeology in Retrospect: Prehistory, archaeology of South Asia, Indian Council of Historical Research, 2002, ISBN 978-81-7304-319-2,
... The mound at Kotla Nihang Khan is divided into two sectors: eastern and western. The eastern sector mainly has Urban Harappan pottery like the dish-on-stand, goblets with pointed base, shallow flat dish with flaring sides ... The western part has Urban Harappan elements mixed with Bara Ware from the lower levels. Sharma (1982: 141) thinks that ... initially, in Phase I, the Harappans occupied the eastern area, but with the advent of the Barans ...
Bibliography
- Excavation sites in Punjab Archaeological Survey of India